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Natural vibration characteristics of rotating blades are of fundamental importance from the viewpoint of maneuvering, blade life, vibration levels, aeroelastic and stability.

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Why is it important?

Helicopters may have serious resonant vibration problems when the excitation frequencies are equal to some multiple of the rotational speed.

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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.

Laith K. Abbas
Institute of Launch Dynamics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

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This page is a summary of: Flapwise Vibration Computations of Coupled Helicopter Rotor/Fuselage: Application of Multibody System Dynamics, AIAA Journal, February 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.j056591.
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