Material characterization of active fiber composites for integral twist-actuated rotor blade application

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1155-1165

  Wickramasinghe, Viresh K ^a,c   Hagood, Nesbitt W ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Photonic Systems Inc   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBERS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ACTIVE FIBER COMPOSITES; ACTIVE MATERIAL ROTORS; ROTOR BLADES; STRESS STRAIN;

ROTORS;

EID: 5744236367     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/5/020     Document Type: Article

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