Power systems and requirements for the integration of smart structures into aircraft

Allen J. Lockyer; Christopher A. Martin; Douglas K. Lindner; Paramjit S. Walia

doi:10.1117/12.475035

11 July 2002 Power systems and requirements for the integration of smart structures into aircraft

Allen J. Lockyer, Christopher A. Martin, Douglas K. Lindner, Paramjit S. Walia

Proceedings Volume 4700, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Smart Electronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.475035
Event: SPIE's 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Electrical power distribution for recently developed smart actuators becomes an important air-vehicle challenge if projected smart actuation benefits are to be met. Among the items under development are variable shape inlets and control surfaces that utilize shape memory alloys (SMA); full span, chord-wise and span-wise contouring trailing control surfaces that use SMA or piezoelectric materials for actuation; and other strain-based actuators for buffet load alleviation, flutter suppression and flow control. At first glance, such technologies afford overall vehicle performance improvement, however, integration system impacts have yet to be determined or quantified. Power systems to support smart structures initiatives are the focus of the current paper. The paper has been organized into five main topics for further discussion: (1) air-vehicle power system architectures - standard and advanced distribution concepts for actuators, (2) smart wing actuator power requirements and results - highlighting wind tunnel power measurements from shape memory alloy and piezoelectric ultrasonic motor actuated control surfaces and different dynamic pressure and angle of attack; (3) vehicle electromagnetic effects (EME) issues, (4) power supply design considerations for smart actuators - featuring the aircraft power and actuator interface, and (5) summary and conclusions.

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Allen J. Lockyer, Christopher A. Martin, Douglas K. Lindner, and Paramjit S. Walia "Power systems and requirements for the integration of smart structures into aircraft", Proc. SPIE 4700, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Smart Electronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, (11 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.475035

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