Development of high-rate, large deflection, hingeless trailing edge control surface for the Smart Wing wind tunnel model

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4332, Issue , 2001, Pages 407-418

  Wang, D P ^a   Bartley Cho, J D ^a   Martin, C A ^a   Hallam, B J ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Eccentuation; Electrostrictive polymers; Flexcore; Flexible structures; Hingeless control surface; Piezoelectric ceramic; Piezoelectric crystal; Piezoelectric ultrasonic motor; Power density

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELASTOMERS; HYDRAULIC AMPLIFIERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

DISTRIBUTED POLYMER STACKS; HINGELESS CONTROL SURFACES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0034839750     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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