Actuation of an active Gurney flap for rotorcraft applications

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

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 7006-7016

  Thiel, Michael R ^a,b,c   Lesieutre, George A ^a,b,c   Maughmer, Mark D ^a,b,c   Koopmann, Gary H ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 229 Hammond Building ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL (CF) LOADS; HIGH FREQUENCY ACTUATION; PIEZOELECTRIC BENDERS; ROTOR BLADES;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; HINGES; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS;

WINGS;

EID: 34247170450     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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