Design and static testing of a trailing-edge flap actuator with piezostacks for a rotor blade

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3329, Issue , 1998, Pages 321-332

  Lee, Taeoh ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Flap actuator; Mechanical amplification; Piezostack; Rotor blade; Trailing edge flap

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIR; AMPLIFICATION; CONCRETE BRIDGES; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GAS DYNAMICS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FLAP ACTUATOR; MECHANICAL AMPLIFICATION; PIEZOSTACK; ROTOR BLADE; TRAILING EDGE FLAP;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0343589872     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316903     Document Type: Conference Paper

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