Design and test of a mach scale swashplateless rotor using smart trailing-edge flaps

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1510-1521

  Bao, Jinsong ^a   Allen, Keith ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; COMPOSITE BLADES; DESIGN AND TESTS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRIMARY PARAMETERS; SWASHPLATELESS ROTOR; SYSTEM INTEGRITY; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS;

ACTUATORS; FABRICATION; MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

TESTING;

EID: 84884338103     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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