Design of a variable twist tiltrotor blade using shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4327, Issue , 2001, Pages 46-59

  Prahlad, H ^a   Chopra, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HELICOPTER ROTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ACOUSTIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; TORSIONAL STRESS;

TWIST TILTROTOR BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 0034768479     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.436559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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