Design, development, fabrication and testing of an active flap rotor system

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 574-595

  Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Kennedy, Dennis K ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; FLIGHT CONTROL; HELICOPTER MAIN ROTORS; LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTERS; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS;

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; HELICOPTERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84883544198     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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