In one embodiment, the disclosed vortex generator may include a flap (12); a bearing (16) configured to be mounted on a surface (20); an axle (14) retained in the bearing, the flap attached to the axle such that the flap rotates relative to the bearing about the axle; and an actuator (32) made of a shape memory alloy attached to the flap and to a support, the actuator shaped to receive the axle therethrough, such that a change in temperature of the actuator causes the actuator to rotate the flap relative to the bearing.
Vortex generator using shape memory alloys
Wirbelgenerator unter Verwendung von Formspeicherlegierungen
Générateur de vortex utilisant des alliages à mémoire de forme
2018-04-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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