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An advanced buffet load alleviation system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Pitt, Dale M. Henderson, Douglas A. Burnham, Jay K. White, Edward V. Moses, Robert W. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | This paper describes the development of an advanced buffet load alleviation (BLA) system that utilizes distributed piezoelectric actuators in conjunction with an active rudder to reduce the structural dynamic response of the F/A-18 aircraft vertical tails to buffet loads. The BLA system was defined analytically with a detailed finite-element-model of the tail structure and piezoelectric actuators. Oscillatory aerodynamics were included along with a buffet forcing function to complete the aeroservoelastic model of the tail with rudder control surface. Two single-input-single-output (SISO) controllers were designed, one for the active rudder and one for the active piezoelectric actuators. The results from the analytical open and closed loop simulations were used to predict the system performance. The objective of this BLA system is to extend the life of vertical tail structures and decrease their life-cycle costs. This system can be applied to other aircraft designs to address suppression of structural vibrations on military and commercial aircraft. |
| File Size | 808455 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20010070048 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3324wf5r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Stability And Control Dynamic Response Tail Assemblies Finite Element Method Piezoelectric Actuators Aerial Rudders F-18 Aircraft Buffeting Siso Control Systems Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |