Dynamically Coupled Systems

近年来，申请者研究计划的一个主要重点是开发一种逼真的智能直升机旋翼叶片的结构和动力学模型，该模型可用于模拟这些叶片的动态行为，并具有高度的保真度。在本研究计划的前一阶段，开发了一个智能旋翼叶片的连续模型，没有初始跨距扭转。该模型包含集成的压电纤维作为宏观纤维复合材料(MFC)，可以通过使用压电致动器来影响叶片的动态响应，从而研究非期望动态响应的可控性。在本研究计划前一阶段发展的基础上，下一阶段将包括以下目标：

A major focus of the applicant's research program in the recent years has been the development of a realistic structural and dynamic model of a smart helicopter rotor blade that can be used to simulate dynamic behaviour of these blades with a high degree of fidelity. A continuous model of a smart rotor blade, without initial span-wise twist, was developed in the previous phase of this research program. This model that incorporates integrated piezoelectric fibres as Macro Fibre Composites (MFC) can be used to investigate the controllability of undesirable dynamic responses by using the piezoelectric actuators to influence the dynamic response of the blades. Building on the developments of the previous phase of this research program, the next phase will include the following objectives: