Macro-Fiber Composite actuated simply supported thin airfoils

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bilgen, Onur ^a   Kochersberger, Kevin B ^a   Inman, Daniel J ^a   Ohanian Iii, Osgar J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AVID LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR ARC; COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; DUCTED FAN; HIGH-LIFT GENERATION; L/D RATIO; LIFT COEFFICIENT; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE; NONLINEAR EFFECT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PIEZOCERAMIC; SIMPLY SUPPORTED; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; VARIABLE CAMBER AIRFOILS; VOLTAGE EXCITATIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 77951222283     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/5/055010     Document Type: Article

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