Development of the smart spring for active vibration control of helicopter blades

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Yong, C ^a,b   Zimcik, D G ^a   Wickramasinghe, V K ^a   Nitzsche, F ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active tunable vibration absorber; Helicopter vibration control; Smart structure

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ACTIVE TUNABLE VIBRATION ABSORBER; HELICOPTER BLADES; INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SMART SPRING;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0442295637     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04039655     Document Type: Article

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