Multidisciplinary design and optimization of active trailing edge for smart helicopter rotor blade

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 307-324

  Grohmann, Boris A ^a   Maucher, Christoph ^a   Prunhuber, Tobias ^a   Jänker, Peter ^a   Dieterich, Oliver ^b   Enenkl, Bernhard ^b   Bauer, Markus ^b   Ahci, Elif ^b   Altmikus, Andree ^b   Baier, Horst ^c  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive helicopter rotor; Aeroservoelasticity; Piezoceramic actuation; Smart composites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; ROTORS;

ADAPTIVE HELICOPTER ROTOR; AEROSERVOELASTICITY; PIEZOCERAMIC ACTUATION; SMART COMPOSITES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 42149182938     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490801907830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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