Whirl test of a large scale high authority active flap rotor

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2858-2872

  Lorber, Peter F ^a   O'Neill, John J ^a   Isabella, Benjamin ^a   Andrews, Joseph ^a   Wong, Jonathan ^a   Hein, Benjamin ^a   Geiger, Derek ^a   Wake, Brian E ^b   Jonsson, Ulf ^b   Sun, Fanping ^b  

^a SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL; ACTUATOR TECHNOLOGY; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DEMONSTRATION TESTING; HIGH-POWER-DENSITY; HIGHER HARMONIC CONTROL; SUSTAINED OPERATIONS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

DEMONSTRATIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; TECHNOLOGY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884369897     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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