Geometrical optimization of a hingeless deployment system for an active rotor blade

Paternoster, A.R.A. and Loendersloot, R. and Boer de, A. and Akkerman, R. (2013) Geometrical optimization of a hingeless deployment system for an active rotor blade. Journal of intelligent material systems and structures, 24 (7). 855 - 861. ISSN 1530-8138

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Abstract:	Deployment systems for the Gurney flap need to sustain large centrifugal loads and vibrations while maintaining precisely the displacement under aerodynamic loading. Designing such a mechanism relies on both the actuation technology and the link that transmits motion to the control surface. Flexible beams and piezoelectric patch actuators have been chosen as components to design this mechanism. Flexible beams provide a hingeless robust structure onto which the piezoelectric actuators are bonded. A candidate topology is determined by investigating the compliance of a simple wire structure with beam elements. A parameterized finite element model is then built and optimized for displacement and force through surrogate optimization
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2012 Sage
Faculty:	Engineering Technology (CTW)
Research Chair:	Production Technology (PT) Structural Dynamics and Acoustics (SD&A)
Research Group:	Design, Production and Management (DPM) Applied Mechanics (AM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/82083
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1045389X12461720
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