Whirl testing of a pneumatic artificial muscle driven helicopter trailing edge flap

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 872-885

  Woods, Benjamin K S ^a   Kothera, Curt S ^b   Wereley, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TECHNO SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES; AIR-SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CENTRIFUGAL LOADING; DESIGN POINTS; INERTIAL LOADING; LIGHT WEIGHTING; LINEAR SPRINGS; LOSS OF PERFORMANCE; MOMENT ARM; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; ROTOR BLADES; SMART STRUCTURES; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND; VACUUM CHAMBERS; VIBRATION MITIGATION;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS DYNAMICS; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; SULFATE MINERALS; VACUUM;

MUSCLE;

EID: 50249152885     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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