Smart structures for rotorcraft control (SSRC)

摘要

This paper briefly reviews the background of applyign smart structures and mateirals to helicopter rotor blades.It then describes an ongoing Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and Advnaced research porjects Agnecy (ARPA) sponsored program for development and applciation fo smrart mateirals on rotor blaces to reduce vibraiton and acoustic nmoise ,and perhaps increas performance.The program incides discrete actuation of tabs,integral actuation via piezo fiber ocmposities,development of new mateirals and fabraicaiton methos,and assiociated systme studies.