Senthil Murugan

Senthil Murugan


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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2013 in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
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RTRAFAEL CASTRO TRIGUERO
RAFAEL CASTRO TRIGUERO
SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
RGRafael Gallego
Rafael Gallego
Michael FriswellMichael Friswell
Michael Friswell

1 May 2013 in Composite Structures
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SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
Michael FriswellMichael Friswell
Michael Friswell

1 January 2008 in Journal of Aircraft
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SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
RGRanjan Ganguli
Ranjan Ganguli
Dineshkumar HarursampathDineshkumar Harursampath
Dineshkumar Harursampath
This study investigates the effect of uncertainty in composite material properties on the cross-sectional stiffness properties, natural frequencies, and aeroelastic responses of a composite helicopter rotor blade. The elastic moduli and Poisson's ratio of the composite material are considered as random variables with a coefficient of variation of around 4%, which was taken from published experimental work. An analytical box beam model is used for evaluating blade cross-sectional properties. Aeroelastic analysis based on finite elements in space and time is used to evaluatethehelicopterrotorbladeresponseinforward flight.Thestochasticcross-sectionalandaeroelasticanalyses arecarriedoutwithMonteCarlosimulations.Itisfoundthatthebladecross-sectionalstiffnessmatrixelementsshow acoefficientofvariationofabout6%.Thenonrotatingrotorbladenaturalfrequenciesshowacoefficientofvariation of around 3%. The impact of material uncertainty on rotating natural frequencies varies from that on nonrotating bladefrequenciesbecauseofcentrifugalstiffening.Thepropagationofmaterialuncertaintyintoaeroelasticresponse causeslarge deviations, particularly in the higher-harmonic components that are criticalfor the accurate prediction of helicopter blade loads and vibration. The numerical results clearly show the need to consider randomness of composite material properties in the helicopter aeroelastic analysis.

1 April 2012 in Composite Structures
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SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
EFErick I. Saavedra Flores
Erick I. Saavedra Flores
SASondipon Adhikari
Sondipon Adhikari
Michael FriswellMichael Friswell
Michael Friswell

1 July 2005 in Journal of Aircraft
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SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
RGRanjan Ganguli
Ranjan Ganguli

1 April 2015 in Aerospace Science and Technology
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SMSenthil Murugan
Senthil Murugan
BWB.K.S. Woods
B.K.S. Woods
MFM.I. Friswell
M.I. Friswell