Closed-loop vibration control experiments on a rotor with blade mounted actuation

41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Prechtl, Eric F ^a   Hall, Steven R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CLOSED LOOP VIBRATION CONTROL; CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK CONTROL; CONTROL AUTHORITIES; DISCRETE-TIME CONTROLLERS; FREQUENCY CONTROLLERS; HARMONIC VIBRATION; SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 85086491914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-1714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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