The use of continuous trailing-edge flaps (CTEFs) for primary flight control of a helicopter main rotor is studied. A practical, optimized bimorph design with Macro-Fiber Composite actuators is developed for CTEF control, and a coupled structures and computational fluid dynamics methodology is used to study the fundamental behavior of an airfoil with CTEFs. These results are used within a comprehensive rotorcraft analysis model to study the control authority requirements of the CTEFs when utilized for primary flight control of a utility class helicopter. A study of the effect of blade root pitch index (RPI) on CTEF control authority is conducted, and the impact of structural and aerodynamic model complexity on the comprehensive analysis results is presented. The results show that primary flight control using CTEFs is promising; however, a more viable option may include the control of blade RPI, as well.


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    Titel :

    Continuous Trailing-Edge Flaps for Primary Flight Control of a Helicopter Main Rotor


    Beteiligte:
    R. P. Thornburgh (Autor:in) / A. R. Kreshock (Autor:in) / M. L. Wilbur (Autor:in) / M. K. Sekula (Autor:in) / J. Shen (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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