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Aerospace, 2022 Conventional aircraft use discrete flight control surfaces to maneuver during flight. The gaps and discontinuities of these control surfaces generate drag, which degrades aerodynamic and power efficiencies.
Peter L. Bishay +10 more
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Aerodynamic Performance Estimation of Camber Morphing Airfoils for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2020 This paper proposes a methodology to harvest the benefits of camber morphing airfoils for small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) applications. Camber morphing using discrete elements was used to morph the base airfoil, which was split into two, three, and ...
T Rajesh Senthil Kumar +3 more
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Status and Challenges on Design and Implementation of Camber Morphing Mechanisms
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2021 This paper presents state-of-the-art technologies of camber morphing mechanisms from the perspectives of design and implementation. Wing morphing technologies are aimed at making the aircraft more energy or aerodynamically efficient during flight by ...
Tuba Majid, Bruce W. Jo
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Morphing airfoil is a promising technology for future aircraft to realize all-stage high performance. In the present paper, a conceptual aircraft with morphing airfoil is proposed and the aerodynamic characteristics of three types of morphing airfoils ...
Yuwei Cheng +4 more
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Study on Fluid–Structure Interaction of a Camber Morphing Wing
Vibration, 2023 The influence of trailing edge deformation on the aerodynamic characteristics of camber morphing wings is an important topic in the aviation field.
Yuanjing Wang +4 more
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Design and Experiment of a Seamless Morphing Trailing Edge
Aerospace, 2023 Morphing trailing edge wing as an important morphing wing technology has gained wide attention because of its advantages, such as gust mitigation, improved aerodynamic efficiency, and reduced radar reflective area.
Gui Cheng +4 more
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Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of a bionic morphing flap
Energy Reports, 2023 Birds adapt to the changing flight conditions by performing intricate feather-movements to manipulate the airflow. The avian wings often undergo seamless transformations at the trailing-edge to achieve camber-reflexes for extended flight envelope.
Md. Zishan Akhter +2 more
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Performance Comparison between Optimised Camber and Span for a Morphing Wing
Aerospace, 2015 Morphing technology offers a strategy to modify the wing geometry, and the wing planform and cross-sectional parameters can be optimised to the flight conditions.
Christopher Simon Beaverstock +3 more
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Structure design of variable camber wing trailing edge based on multi-block rotating mechanism
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2023 The variable camber trailing edge enables the aircraft to maintain the best aerodynamic performance throughout the flight envelope, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of reducing aircraft fuel consumption and air pollutant emissions.
SHI Xintong +4 more
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Geometrically nonlinear electro-aeroelastic framework for morphing wing with piezoelectric actuators
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2019 In this paper, a flexible morphing wing with piezoelectric materials for morphing actuation is studied. The objectives of this paper are 1) to develop an integrated geometrically nonlinear electro-aeroelastic framework, which allows evaluating ...
Natsuki TSUSHIMA +3 more
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