Shape memory alloy actuators for deployable rotor blade aerodynamic devices

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mabe, James H ^a   Gravatt, Lynn ^a   Bushnell, Glenn ^a   Gutmark, Ephraim ^b   DiMicco, Russell G ^b   Harris, Chris ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ACTUATOR ELEMENTS; AERODYNAMIC EFFECT; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; BOEING COMPANIES; BVI NOISE; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR; HIGH TORQUE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; ROTOR BLADES; SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS; SOLID-STATE ACTUATORS; TARGET APPLICATION; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; INTEGRATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 78149450646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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