Piezobimorph actuated servotab for controlling a trailing edge flap

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 2020-2029

  Falls, Jaye ^a,b   Chopra, Inderjit ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Dept of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAP DEFLECTIONS; SERVOTAB; TRAILING EDGE FLAP; VOLTAGE EXCITATION;

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 28844451568     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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