Structural design and testing of active twist blades - A comparison

35th European Rotorcraft Forum 2009, ERF 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 564-572

  Riemenschneider, J ^a   Opitz, S ^a   Wierach, P ^a   Mercier Des Rochettes, H ^b   Buchaniek, L ^b   Joly, D ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELEMENTS; ACTIVE TWIST; BLADE TIP; CENTRIFUGAL LOADS; DYNAMIC EXCITATIONS; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC PATCH; POWER CONSUMPTION; QUASI-STATIC; ROTOR BLADES; SECONDARY CONTROL; SHEAR ACTUATORS; SMART MATERIALS; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL CONCEPT; TORSION COUPLING; TORSIONAL RIGIDITY; TRAILING EDGES;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; CENTRIFUGATION; MAINTAINABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WEAVING;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 77952341024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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