Active load control of an articulated composite rotor blade via dual trailing edge flaps

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kim, Jun Sik ^a   Smith, Edward C ^b   Wang, K W ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL; AEROELASTIC MODELING; COMPOSITE ROTOR BLADE; COMPOSITE ROTORS; MOMENT REDUCTION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS;

AEROELASTICITY; BENDING MOMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84896819281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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