Experimental investigation of an active twist model rotor blade under centrifugal loads

33rd European Rotorcraft Forum 2007, ERF33

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1653-1665

  Wierach, Peter ^a   Riemenschneider, Johannes ^a   Optiz, Steffen ^a   Hoffmann, Frauke ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active twist; Centrifugal test; Piezo composites; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TWIST; BENCH TESTS; CALCULATED VALUES; CENTRIFUGAL LOADS; CENTRIFUGAL TEST; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; FRICTION AND WEAR; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; ROTATION SPEED; ROTOR BLADES; ROTOR DYNAMIC; SMART MATERIALS; SMART STRUCTURES; SOLID-STATE ACTUATORS; STATE OF THE ART; VIBRATION LEVEL;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; BEARING CAPACITY; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BRIDGES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TESTING; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 77954238656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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