Wind tunnel test of the SMART active flap rotor

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Anand, Vaidyanathan R ^a   Lau, Benton H ^b   Birchette, Terrence S ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NASA; SOFTWARE TESTING; WIND STRESS;

AEROACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AMES RESEARCH CENTERS; BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION; NOISE AND VIBRATION; SMART MATERIAL ACTUATED ROTOR TECHNOLOGIES; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 85013324653     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.63.012002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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