In-flight tracking of helicopter rotor blades using shape memory alloy actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 104-111

  Epps, Jeanette J ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TRACKING (POSITION); WINGS;

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; HINGE TUBE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY WIRE ACTUATOR; TRAILING EDGE TAB; WIRE CLAMP;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0035249501     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/10/1/310     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Liang C et al 1996 Applications for torsional shape memory alloy actuators for active rotor blade control - opportunities and limitations Proc. SPIE's Smart Structures and Materials Conf. (25-29 February, 1996, San Diego, CA)
2. Giurgiutiu V, Rogers C A and Zuidervaart J 1997 Incrementally adjustable rotor-blade tracking tab using SMA composites Proc. 38th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conf. and Adaptive Structures Forum (7-10 April, 1997, Kissimmee, FL)
3. Liang C and Rogers C A 1992 Design of shape memory alloy actuators J. Mech. Design 114 223-30
4. Wang G and Shahinpoor M 1997 Design for shape memory alloy rotatory joint actuators using shape memory effect and pseudoelastic effect Proc. SPIE's Smart Structures and Materials Conf. (San Diego, CA)
5. Tanaka K 1986 A thermomechanical sketch of shape memory effect: one-dimensional tensile behavior Res. Mechanica 18 251-63
6. Liang C and Rogers C A 1990 One-dimensional thermomechanical constitutive relations for shape memory material J. Intell. Mater. Struct. 1 207-34
7. Brinson L C 1993 One dimensional constitutive behavior of shape memory alloys: thermo-mechanical derivation with non-constant material functions J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. 4 229-42
8. Boyd J G and Lagoudas D C 2000 A thermodynamic constitutive model for the shape memory materials. Part I. Monolithic shape memory alloys Int. J. Plasticity at press
9. Epps J J and Chopra I 1997 Comparative evaluation of shape memory alloy constitutive models with test data Proc. 38th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conf. Adaptive Structures Forum (7-10 April, 1997, Kissimmee, FL)
10. Dye T E 1990 An experimental investigation of the behavior of nitinol Masters Thesis Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
11. Epps J J and Chopra I 1998 Shape memory alloy actuators for in-flight tracking of helicopter rotor blades Proc. SPIE's 5th Annual Int. Symp. Smart Structures and Material (1-5 March, San Diego, CA)