Closed-loop test of a rotor with individually controlled trailing-edge flaps for vibration reduction

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 819-832

  Roget, Beatrice ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; ACTUATOR SATURATIONS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CLOSED-LOOP TESTS; CONSTRAINED MINIMIZATION PROBLEM; CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS;

ACTUATORS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 84883517840     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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