Design of a bidirectional piezoelectric actuator for blade trailing-edge flap

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4327, Issue , 2001, Pages 36-45

  Lee, T ^a   Chopra, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional; L L actuator; Piezostack; Stroke amplification; Trailing edge flap

Indexed keywords

BONDING; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; ROTATING MACHINERY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATORS;

BLASE TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0034768285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.436552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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