Shape memory alloy actuation for a variable area fan nozzle

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4332, Issue , 2001, Pages 371-382

  Rey, Nancy ^a   Tillman, Gregory ^a   Miller, Robin M ^a   Wynosky, Thomas ^b   Larkin, Michael J ^c   Flamm, Jeffrey D ^d   Bangert, Linda S ^d  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Pratt and Whitney ^*  (United States)

^c PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Full scale model of nozzle segment; Nickel Titanium (NiTi); Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuator; Static wind tunnel model test; Turbofan engine variable area fan nozzle

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; NOZZLES; TURBOFAN ENGINES; WIND TUNNELS;

VARIABLE AREA FAN NOZZLES (VAN);

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0034839382     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429677     Document Type: Article

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1. Cyclic behavior of fatigue life of TiNiCu shape memory alloy
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