Embedded piezoceramic actuators for smart helicopter rotor blades

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grohmann, Boris A ^a,c   Maucher, Christoph K ^a   Jänker, Peter ^a   Wierach, Peter ^b,d  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Actuation and Smart Structures ^*

^d Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; MULTILAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY; HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES; MULTILAYER STACKS; MULTILAYER TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PIEZO-CERAMIC ACTUATORS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 77957787247     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-1702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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