Evaluation of rotorcraft aeroelastic stability using robust analysis

38th European Rotorcraft Forum 2012, ERF 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 832-841

  Quaranta, Giuseppe ^a   Tamer, Aykut ^a   Muscarello, Vincenzo ^a   Masarati, Pierangelo ^a   Gennaretti, Massimo ^b   Serafini, Jacopo ^b   Colella, Marco Molica ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-DYNAMICS MODELS; AEROELASTIC STABILITY; BLADE ELEMENTS; GENERALIZED NYQUIST CRITERIONS; LINEARIZED MODELS; ROBUST ANALYSIS; ROBUST STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY LIMIT;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; ROTORS;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 84880452937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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