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Company Information:
Name:
VSI Aerospace Inc.
Address:
2716 SE 5th St
Suite 3
Ames, IA 50010-
Suite 3
Ames, IA 50010-
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
Phone:
N/A
Award Totals:
Award List:
Development of Tools and Methods for Characterizing the Impact of Control Surface Free-Play on Flutter
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2010 / STTR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:
DOD / NAVY
Research Institution:
Iowa State University
Abstract:
The aerodynamic performance of aircraft is significantly impacted by the aero-elastic dynamics of its control surfaces. In particular, the dynamics of flutter - an unstable self-excitation of structure due to undesirable coupling of structural flexibility and aerodynamics - has critical impact on… More
Development of Tools and Methods for Characterizing the Impact of Control Surface Free-Play on Flutter
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2012 / STTR / Phase II
Agency / Branch:
DOD / NAVY
Research Institution:
Iowa State University
Principal Investigator:
Jerald Vogel, CTO – (515) 290-4633
Award Amount:
$375,000.00
RI Contact:
Laura Carabillo
Abstract:
This STTR is aimed at developing methods and tools to characterize the impact of free-play on control surface flutter and overall stability and performance of the system. A successful completion of this two-phased STTR effort will lead to a modeling, analysis, design, and simulation tool that will… More