Induced shear actuation of helicopter rotor blade for active twist control

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Thakkar, Dipali ^a   Ganguli, Ranjan ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Actuation; Piezoceramic; Rotor; Thin walled beams; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

AEROELASTIC EFFECTS; SHEAR ACTUATION; THIN WALLED BEAMS; TWIST CONTROL;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 33947526710     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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