X-Frame-actuator servo-flap acuation system for rotor control

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3329, Issue , 1998, Pages 309-320

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active; Actuator; Design; Manufacturing; Piezoelectric; Rotor blade; Servo flap; X Frame

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; GAS DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STEEL; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIRE;

ACTIVE; PIEZOELECTRIC; ROTOR BLADE; SERVO-FLAP; X-FRAME;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0003372571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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