Smart material actuated rotor technology - SMART

41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Straub, Friedrich K ^a   Kennedy, Dennis K ^a   Domzalski, David B ^a   Hassan, Ahmed A ^a   Ngo, Hieu ^a   Anand, V ^a   Birchette, Terry ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTERS; MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS(SMA); SMART MATERIAL ACTUATED ROTOR TECHNOLOGIES; STROKE AMPLIFICATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL AIRFOILS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 85086489446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-1715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Dawson, S., Hassan, A., Straub, F.K., and Tadghighi, H, "Blade-Mounted Flap Control for BVI Noise Reduction Proof-of-Concept Test, " NASA CR195078, July 1995.
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4. Nguyen, K., McNulty, M., Anand, V., and Lauzon, D. "Computation of Loads on the McDonnell Douglas Advanced Bearingless Rotor, " Proc. 50th Annual AHS Forum, Washington D.C., May 1994.
5. Straub, F.K. and King, R.J., Application of smart materials to control of a helicopter rotor, " Proc. SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, March 1996.
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7. Straub, F.K., and Hassan, A.A., "Aeromechanic Considerations in the Design of a Rotor with Smart Materia] Actuated Trailing Edge Flaps, " Proc. 52nd Annual AHS Forum, Washington, D.C., June 1996.
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14. Straub, F.K., Ngo, H.T., Anand, V., Domzalski, D.B., "Development of a piezoelectric actuator for trailing edge flap control of rotor blades, " Proc. SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, 1999.
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18. Liang, C., Davidson, F., Schetky, L.M. and Straub, F.K., "Applications of Torsional Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Active Rotor Blade Control-Opportunities and Limitations, " Proc. SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, March 1996.
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20. Keefe, A. and Carman, G.P., "Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloy Torque Tubes, " SPIE Smart Materials Conference 1999, Editor Manfred Wuttig, in press
21. Kennedy, D.K., Straub, F.K., Schetky, L. McD., Chaudry, Z., and Rosnoy, R., "Development of an SMA actuator for in-flight rotor blade tracking, " Proc. SPIE's 7lh Intl. Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, Ca, March 2000.