AGRC Technology Transfers
- Bell: Quadrotor peformance and download studies (Bob Moullins)
- CSA: Helped them in the development of compact hybrid actuator (Eric Anderson)
- Baldwin: Helped in the design and aeromechanics issues related to mono-tiltrotor
(Baldwin) - FAA: Wire strike assessment of civil helicopters (Dy Le)
- Kaman: Helped them in the development of tab actuated flaps for primary controls (Mike Bielefield)
- Army Picatinny Arsenal: Development of MR recoil dampers (Mike Mattice)
- Army-ARDEC: Helped them in the development of active/passive hybrid APPN smart
actuator gun-fuselage vibration isolation and precision control - Navy David Taylor Carderock: Helping them in their initiative on "Rotor Head Fault
Detection" called JAHUM (David Haas) - NASA-Ames: provided assessment for an all electric helicopter (Bill Warmbrodt)
- Army Science Board: Carried out heavy lift corgo rotorcraft design studies
- Upgraded comprehensive rotorcraft code UMARC provided to industry, federal
laboratories and academia - Boeing-Mesa: Helped them in their development of full-scale smart rotor system with flap actuated with piezostacks (Friedrich Straub)
- Unsteady aerodynamic analysis codes (Leishman) provided to industry and federal labs,
inserted in many comprehensive codes - Free wake codes provided to industry, federal labs and academia, inserted in many
comprehensive codes - Army-Ames: Assessment of active vibration control from perspective of flight mechanics (Mark Tischler)
- NREL: Helped them in identification of aerodynamic issue focused to windmills (Bir)
- Lord Corp.: Development & characterization of MR dampers (Mark Jolly)
- Sikorsky: Helped them in the assessment of composite couplings to control vibratory
load and improve performance (Andy Bernhard) - Army Science Board: Heavy Lift Cargo Rotorcraft design studies
- DARPA: Technology assessment of heavy lift systems (Don Woodbury)
- Progeny/Army: Helped them in the development of RotorChute (Murphy)
Technology Transfer Examples:
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