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Smart Rotor Modeling: Aero-Servo-Elastic Modeling of a with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps
Barnes and Noble
Smart Rotor Modeling: Aero-Servo-Elastic Modeling of a with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps
Current price: $109.99
Barnes and Noble
Smart Rotor Modeling: Aero-Servo-Elastic Modeling of a with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps
Current price: $109.99
Size: Hardcover
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The book presents the
model of a smart rotor with Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps for active load alleviation and provides an insight on the rotor aerodynamic, structural and control modeling. A novel model for the unsteady aerodynamics of an air foil section with flap is presented and coupled with a multi-body structural representation. A smart rotor configuration is proposed, where the Adaptive Trailing Edge Flaps extend along the outer 20 % of the blade span. Linear Quadratic and Model Predictive algorithms are formulated to control the flap deflection. The potential of the smart rotor is finally confirmed by simulations in a turbulent wind field. A significant reduction of the fatigue loads on the blades is reported: the flaps, which cover no more than 1.5 % of the blade surface, reduce the fatigue load by 15 %; a combination of flap and individual pitch control allows for fatigue reductions up to 30 %.