Nonlinear aeroelasticity of a very flexible blended-wing-body aircraft

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Su, Weihua ^a   Cesnik, Carlos E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AEROELASTICITY; ANTENNAS; ASPECT RATIO; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AVIATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN AIDS; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); FREE FLIGHT; LIFT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RIGID STRUCTURES; RIGID WINGS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC NON-LINEARITIES; BEAM FINITE ELEMENTS; BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFTS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; HIGH ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCES; HIGH-ASPECT RATIO WING; NONLINEAR AEROELASTICITY; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

FLEXIBLE WINGS;

EID: 84855627557     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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