An aeroelastic model of a smart rotor system (which incorporates blade-mounted trailing-edge flap actuators and conventional root pitch actuation) is presented in linear time invariant state space form. The servo-flap deflections are modeled as producing incremental lift and moment variations, so that any linear aerodynamic actuator can be evaluated. This smart rotor model is used to conduct pa...

The compatibility between a composite beam cross-sectional analysis based on the variational asymptotic approach, and a helicopter rotor blade model which is part of a comprehensive rotorcraft analysis code is examined. It was found that the finite element cross-sectional analysis code VABS can be combined with a moderate deflection rotor blade model in spite of the differences between the form...

This paper present a new advanced control algorithm based on continuous minimization of predicted tracking errors, to achieve torque, rotor speed and rotor flux amplitude tracking objectives. This algorithm called a new Adaptive Nonlinear Predictive Control to induction motor drive uses a combination of the adaptive observer for rotor flux and Cascaded Nonlinear Predictive Control technique. Th...

This paper proposes an adaptive flux observer for induction motors, where stator and rotor resistances are estimated in online environments. The variation of motor parameters during operation degrades the performance of the controller and the flux observer. Among the parameters of induction motors, rotor resistance is a crucial one for flux estimation, and stator resistance also becomes critica...

This report contains the results of a full-scale experimental feasibility study of rotor isolation employing the Dynamic Antiresonant Vibration Isolator (DAVI) . The full-scale experiments were performed on a UH-2 helicopter fuselage isolated from a simulated rotor and transmission. Tests were conducted for three directions of vibratory input at the hub on the nonisolated vehicle and then compa...