Integrated Electric Actuator Application to Flight Control Technology

Abstract

This report summarizes the work accomplished during SBIR AF98-175, "Integrated Electric Actuator Application to Flight Control Technology." ETREMA Products, Incorporated refers to this program as the Vulkan(TM) IEA program or as the TEA. The development of an IEA is key to achieving lighter, simpler, more reliable, and more cost-effective vehicle control systems. Phase I focused on modeling to demonstrate the feasibility of the IEA to produce sufficient fluid flow at sufficient pressure to perform work. TERFENOL-D transducers drove a piston, an inlet poppet valve, and an outlet poppet valve. Predicted fluid output power peaked at 632 watts (0.85 hp). Active valve controllability is a significant challenge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1998
Accession Number
ADA359476

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Bright
  • Natalie Hammer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • Hydraulic Power
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Poppet Valves
  • Transducers
  • Valves

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Robotics and Automation.