Design, fabrication, and test planning for an SMA-actuated vortex wake control system

Todd R. Quackenbush; P. F. Batcho; Alan J. Bilanin; Bernie F. Carpenter

doi:10.1117/12.310641

16 June 1998 Design, fabrication, and test planning for an SMA-actuated vortex wake control system

Todd R. Quackenbush, P. F. Batcho, Alan J. Bilanin, Bernie F. Carpenter

Proceedings Volume 3326, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310641
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes ongoing design and fabrication work on a vortex wake control system for submarines that employs SMA-actuated devices. Previous work has described the theoretical basis and feasibility studies for this system, which is based on a novel wake control scheme known as vortex leveraging. The critical item in the realization of this system is a Smart Vortex Leveraging Tab (SVLT), whose design and fabrication is the principal focus of this work. This paper outlines the background of the effort and the design principles involved, but will chiefly deal with three closely interrelated topics; the hydrodynamic design requirements and control surface layout for the vortex leveraging system; the detail design and fabrication techniques being used in the construction of a prototype SVLT; and the test planning and experiment design process currently underway for test of both the overall vortex leveraging concept and SVLT device itself.

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Todd R. Quackenbush, P. F. Batcho, Alan J. Bilanin, and Bernie F. Carpenter "Design, fabrication, and test planning for an SMA-actuated vortex wake control system", Proc. SPIE 3326, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, (16 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310641

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