Wind tunnel testing of a trailing-edge flap actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2208-2217

  Wereley, Norman M ^a   Woodsy, Benjamin K S ^b   Bubert, Edward A ^b   Kothera, Curt S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TECHNO SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROLS; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC LOADINGS; BANDWIDTH LIMITATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLAP ACTUATION; FLIGHT CONTROLS; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; FREQUENCY RANGING; PNEUMATIC ACTUATION; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; TRAILING EDGES; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; WEIGHT RATIOS; WIND-TUNNEL; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

AIR; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 50049087177     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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