Contact

Room 181, Talbot Building, College of Engineering, Swansea University. Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, Swansea, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1792 205678

b.k.s.woods@swansea.ac.uk


 

Publications


Patents

Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Fluidic Artificial Muscle Actuator and Swaging Process Therefor", U.S. Patent 8,307,753, University of Maryland, Riverdale, MD, issued Nov. 13, 2012.

 

Kothera, C.S., Woods, B.K.S., Bubert, E.A., Wereley, N.M., and Chen, P.C., "Cellular Support Structures used for Controlled Actuation of Fluid Contact Surfaces", US Patent No. 7,931,240, Techno-Sciences, Inc., Beltsville, MD, issued on Apr. 26, 2011

 

Kothera, C.S., Woods, B.K.S., Sirohi, J., Wereley, N.M., and Chen, P.C., "Fluid-Driven Artificial Muscles as Mechanisms for Controlled Actuation", US Patent No. 7,837,144, Techno-Sciences, Inc., Beltsville, MD, issued on Nov. 23, 2010.

 

Woods, B.K.S., Wereley, N.M., Kothera, C.S., and Boyer, S.M., US Patent Application Pending for "Extensile Fluidic Muscle Actuator," Techno-Sciences, Inc., Beltsville, MD, filed on 29 Nov 2010 as Application No. 12/955,242.

 

Kothera, C.S., Woods, B.K.S., and Wereley, N.M., US Patent Application Pending for "Fluidic Artificial Muscle Actuation System for a Helicopter Trailing-Edge Flap," Techno-Sciences, Inc., Beltsville, MD, filed on 29 Apr 2011 as Application No. 13/097,623.

 

Book Chapters

Woods, B.K.S, Kothera, C.S. and Wereley N.M., "Bio-Inspired Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuation of Trailing Edge Flaps in a Helicopter Rotor." Plants and Mechanical Motion - A Synthetic Approach to Nastic Materials and Structures. N.M. Wereley and J.D. Sater, Editors. DesTech Publishers, Lancaster, PA. 2012, Chapter 9, pp. 193-234.

 

Journal Papers

Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Whirl Testing of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuation System for a Full-Scale Active Rotor," Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Submitted for review.

Woods, B.K.S., Choi, Y.T., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Control System Development for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven Active Rotor Systems," AIAA Journal of Guidance Control and Design, Accepted for publication.

 

Woods, B.K.S., Gentry, M., Kothera, C., Werleley, N., "Fatigue Life Testing of Swaged Pneumatic Artificial Muscles as Actuators for Aerospace Applications," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structure, 2012, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 322-338

 

Woods, B.K.S., Wereley, N.M., and Kothera, C.S., 2011. "Wind Tunnel Testing of a Helicopter Rotor Trailing Edge Flap Actuated via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sept. 2011, Vol. 22, No. 13, pp.1513:1528. DOI: 10.1177/1045389X10378777

 

Woods, B.K.S., Bubert, E.A., Kothera, C.S., Sirohi, J., and Wereley, N.M., 2011, "Pneumatic artificial muscles for trailing edge flap actuation: a feasibility study," Smart Materials and Structures, 2011, Vol. 20, 105021, 15 pages.


Robinson, R.M., Woods, B.K.S., Vocke, R.D., Wereley, N.M., and Kothera, C.S., "High Specific Power Actuators for Robotic Manipulators," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sept. 2011, Vol. 22 No. 13 pp. 1501-1511.

 

Vocke, R.D., Kothera, C.S., Woods, B.K.S. and Wereley, N.M., "Development and Testing of a Span-Extending Morphing Wing," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, July 2011, 22(9):879-890.



Bubert, E.A., Woods, B.K.S., Lee, K., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Design and Fabrication of a Passive 1D Morphing Aircraft Skin," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sept. 2010, Vol. 21, No. 17, pp.1699-1717. DOI: 10.1177/1045389X10378777

 

Woods, B.K.S., Wereley, N., Hoffmaster, R., Nersessian, N., "Manufacture of Bulk Magnetorheological Elastomers Using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding". International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 21, Nos. 28 & 29, (2007), 5010-5017.

Conference Papers

Woods, B.K.S., Bilgen, O., and Friswell, M.,I., "Wind Tunnel Testing of the Fishbone Active Camber Morphing Concept," Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 11-13, 2012, Nanjing, China.

Woods, B.K.S., and Friswell, M.I., "Preliminary Investigation of a Fishbone Active Camber Concept," Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 19-21, 2012, Stone Mountain, GA.

Murugan, M.S., Woods, B.K.S., and Friswell, M.I., "Morphing Helicopter Rotor Blade with Curvilinear Fiber Composites," 38th European Rotorcraft Forum Proceedings, September 4-7, 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Woods, B.K.S., Choi, Y.T., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Control System Development for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven Active Rotor Systems," American Helicopter Society 67th Annual Forum, May 3 - 5, 2011, Virginia Beach, VA. 



Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Wind Tunnel Test of a Helicopter Rotor Trailing Edge Flap Actuated via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 28 - October 1, 2010, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. SMASIS2010-3901.



Robinson, R., Woods, B.K.S., Vocke, R.D., Kothera, C.S., Wereley, N.M., "High Specific Power Actuators for Robotic Manipulators," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 28 - October 1, 2010, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. SMASIS2010-3902. 



Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Whirl Testing of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuation System for a Full-Scale Active Rotor," American Helicopter Society 66th Annual Forum, May 11 - 13, 2010, Phoenix, AZ. 



Woods, B.K.S., Gentry, M.F., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Fatigue Life Testing of Swaged Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Aerospace Morphing Applications," AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 13 - 16, 2010, Orlando, FL, Paper No. AIAA-2010-2662.



Kang, B.-S., Kothera, C.S., Woods, B.K.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Dynamic Modeling of McKibben Pneumatic Artificial Muscles," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 12 - 17, 2009, Kobe, Japan, pp. 182 - 187.



Wereley, N.M., Kothera, C.S., Bubert, E.A., Woods, B.K.S., Gentry, M., and Vocke, R., "Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Aerospace Applications," AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, May 4 - 7, 2009, Palm Springs, CA, Paper No. AIAA-2009-2140. 



Kothera, C.S., Wereley, N.M., Woods, B.K.S., and Bubert, E.A., "Wind Tunnel Testing of a Trailing-Edge Flap Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles," American Helicopter Society 64th Annual Forum, April 29 - May 1, 2008, Montreal, Quebec.



Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Whirl Testing of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven Helicopter Trailing Edge Flap," American Helicopter Society 64th Annual Forum, April 29 - May 1, 2008, Montreal, Quebec.



Bubert, E.A., Woods, B.K.S., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Design and Fabrication of a Passive High-Strain Morphing Aircraft Skin," AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 7 - 10, 2008, Schaumberg, IL, Paper No. AIAA-2008-2045.



Woods, B.K.S., Bubert, E.A., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Design and Testing of a Biologically Inspired Pneumatic Trailing Edge Flap System," April 7 - 10, AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 7 - 10, 2008,  Schaumberg, IL, Paper No. AIAA-2008-2046.



Bubert, E.A., Woods, B.K.S., Sirohi, J., Kothera, C.S., and Wereley, N.M., "Whirl Testing of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Systems for Helicopter Rotor Applications," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, September 4 - 7, 2007, Las Vegas, NV, Paper No. DETC2007-35653. 



Woods, B.K.S., Bubert, E.A., Kothera, C.S., Sirohi, J., and Wereley, N.M., "Experimental Testing of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Trailing Edge Flap Actuation," AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 23 - 26, 2007, Waikiki, HI, Paper No. AIAA2007-1718.