Development of an SMA actuator for in-flight rotor blade tracking

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-248

  Kennedy, Dennis K ^a   Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Schetky, L McD ^b   Chaudhry, Zaffir ^b   Roznoy, Richard ^c  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b SAES GETTERS S P A   (Italy)

^c RL Design Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Helicopters; Rotor tracking; Shape memory alloy (SMA); Smart materials; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRFOILS; AIRFRAMES; ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DRAG; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GROUND OPERATIONS; HELICOPTERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; ROTORS; TORSION TESTING; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; ON BLADE ACTUATORS; ROTOR SYSTEMS; ROTOR TRACKING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 3042561455     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04042794     Document Type: Article

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