Application of sequential quadratic programming to minimize smart active flap rotor hub loads

American Helicopter Society International - 5th Decennial AHS Aeromechanics Specialists' Conference 2014: Current Challenges and Future Directions in Rotorcraft Aeromechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 255-272

  Kottapalli, Sesi ^a   Leyland, Jane ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOADS (FORCES); NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SITE SELECTION;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; CORE ALGORITHMS; FLAP DEFLECTION; GENERALIZED REDUCED GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION THEORY; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; TUNNEL ENVIRONMENTS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84911410403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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