HIGH EFFICIENCY STRUCTURAL FLOWTHROUGH ROTOR WITH ACTIVE FLAP CONTROL: VOLUME ONE: PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT

Technical Report · Sat May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1182577· OSTI ID:1182577

Zuteck, Michael D. ^[1]; Jackson, Kevin L. ^[1]; Santos, Richard A. ^[1]; Chow, Ray ^[1]; Nordenholz, Thomas R. ^[2]; Wamble, John Lee ^[1]

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1. Zimitar, Inc.
2. The California Maritime Academy

The Zimitar one-piece rotor primary structure is integrated, so balanced thrust and gravity loads flow through the hub region without transferring out of its composite material. Large inner rotor geometry is used since there is no need to neck down to a blade root region and pitch bearing. Rotor control is provided by a highly redundant, five flap system on each blade, sized so that easily handled standard electric linear actuators are sufficient.

• Research Organization: Zimitar, Inc.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0005492
• OSTI ID: 1182577
• Report Number(s): VOLUME ONE: PUBLIC RELEASE SUMMARY
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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