Actuator design for the active trailing edge of a helicopter rotor blade

33rd European Rotorcraft Forum 2007, ERF33

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 923-961

  Maucher, Christoph K ^a   Grohmann, Boris A ^a   Jänker, Peter ^a   Altmikus, Andree ^b   Jensen, Flemming ^c   Baier, Horst ^d  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

^c Noliac AS   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive helicopter rotor blade; Aero servo elasticity; Electro active composite; IBC actuator; Piezo ceramics; Smart materials

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPOSITES; ADAPTIVE HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE; ELECTRO-ACTIVE COMPOSITE; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; PIEZO-CERAMICS; SMART MATERIALS;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; AIRFOILS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 77954231502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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