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Company Information:
Name:
VSI Aerospace Inc.
Address:
2716 SE5th St.
Suite 3
Ames, IA 50010
Suite 3
Ames, IA 50010
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
URL:
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Phone:
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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