Multibody simulation of integrated tiltrotor flight mechanics, aeroelasticity, and control

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1391-1405

  Mattaboni, Mattia ^a,b   Masarati, Pierangelo ^a,b   Quaranta, Giuseppe ^a,b   Mantegazza, Paolo ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); FREE FLIGHT; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; RIGID STRUCTURES; RIGID WINGS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE REGULATORS; AEROELASTIC BEHAVIOR; GENERALIZED PREDICTIVE CONTROL; MULTIBODY SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR AEROELASTIC MODELING; STABILITY AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 84866997237     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.57309     Document Type: Article

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