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MathematicsThe maneuvering flight of future aircraft which employ morphing variable camber wings (VCWs) requires rapid and accurate aerodynamic regulation. However, the dynamic lift responses during fast morphing deflection exhibit unsteady hysteresis effects ...
Xiaoming Wang +4 more
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SMART MORPHING CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED LIFTING SURFACES [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this thesis has been the study and implementation of structural solutions for the local or global change of airplanes wing geometry (adaptive wing): they may lead to an increase in aerodynamic efficiency and reduced operating costs and ...
Barbarino, Silvestro
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Research on Optimal Morphing Strategies for Multi-Performance of UAV
MachinesThe flying-wing configuration offers inherent advantages in aerodynamic efficiency and stealth; however, conventional fixed-wing designs face fundamental performance trade-offs when tasked with multi-role missions.
Long Tan, Chao Yang, Yu Wang
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Applied SciencesModern materials and manufacturing technologies have allowed the construction of morphing wings that are able to continuously vary certain airfoil parameters such as twist, camber, or control surface deflection as a function of span. This work presents a
Zachary S. Montgomery +2 more
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Design and Analysis of a Novel Mechanism for the Morphing of Trailing Edge of an Aircraft Wing
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 In this paper, design of a novel deployable scissor-structural mechanism (SSM) for active camber and chord morphing airfoil has been presented. The mechanism is created via combination of one four-bar linkage and various scissor-like elements (SLEs). The
Şahin Harun Levent, Yaman Yavuz
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MachinesThe variable camber morphing wing has the potential to achieve improved flight performance across different flight conditions by changing its geometry according to changing flight conditions.
Yu Zhang +6 more
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, 2020 Rotor morphing has been investigated in the past for improvement of rotor performance, either for reduction of rotor power demand or for vibratory load alleviation.
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A Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Advanced Intelligent SystemsActuators based on soft elastomers offer significant advantages to the field of robotics, providing greater adaptability, improving collision resilience, and enabling shape‐morphing.
Andrea Giordano +12 more
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Journal of Engineering and Applied ScienceTrailing-edge morphing wings have emerged as a promising solution for enhancing aerodynamic efficiency in low-Reynolds-number unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); however, their structural performance under large deformation and actuation-driven loading ...
Siddalingappa P Kodigaddi
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Application of the Morphing Camber Concept to a Regional Aircraft
, 2014 The paper summarizes the recent activities performed at inside FP7-NOVEMOR project related to the application of morphing technologies and in particular the variable camber concept.
DE GASPARI, ALESSANDRO +6 more
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