The principal strengths of the Center
in the Rotary Wing area are:
· Active control and alleviation of vibration
and noise in rotors using actively controlled flaps and/or distributed
active twist induced by piezoelectric actuation.
· Computational aeroelasticity in rotors.
· Active control of vibrations in the fuselage using ACSR (active
control of structural response).
· Computational modeling and experimental testing of composite
rotor blades with advanced geometry tips.
· De-icing of rotors using shape memory alloys.
· Nanocomposite development based on single wall carbon nanotubes.
· Development of microhelicopters, employing low Reynolds number
airfoils, and their adaptive control.
· Shape memory alloy based smart tabs for rotor tracking control.
· Adaptive noise control.
· Structural optimization of helicopter rotors with multidisciplinary
constraints.
· Rotary-wing aeroelastic scaling and its application to adaptive
materials based actuation.
· Structural health monitoring
The principal strengths of the Center
in the Fixed Wing area are:
· Active aeroelastic tailoring.
· Computational aeroelasticity, aeroelastic scaling and aeroservoelasticity
of generic hypersonic vehicles
· Aeroelasticity, aerothermoelasticticity and aeroservoelasticity
of 3rd generation reusable launch vehicles.
· Aeroservoelasticity of HALE UAV.
· Computational aeroelasticity--CFD/CSD interface
· Computational fluid dynamics, compressible flow, and aerodynamics
· Control of structural vibration
· Innovative scaling laws for the study of aeroelastic and
aeroservoelastic problems in compressible flow
· Nonlinear aeroelasticity.
· Piezocomposite actuators
· Shape memory alloys
· Smart structures
· Structural health monitoring for 3rd generation reusable
launch vehicles
· Thermoelasticity, thermoelastic scaling and thermal structures
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