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Aerospace, 2023 This work investigates the short-term dynamics caused by shape changes of morphing aircraft. We select a symmetric variable sweep morphing aircraft as the object of study and establish a six-degree-of-freedom multi-loop cascade model, and the coupling ...
Fuming Xia, Bo Jing, Wenfeng Xu
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Multivariate Splines-Based Asymmetric Aerodynamic Modeling of Morphing Aircraft [PDF]
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2018 The aerodynamic parameters of morphing aircraft can vary significantly in the morphing process; the aerodynamic data model is complex and high-order nonlinear.
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Multiaxial mechanical characterization of latex skin for morphing wing application
Polymer Testing, 2022 A morphing aircraft continuously adjusts its wing geometry to achieve optimal flight characteristics for a wide range of flight conditions. Research on morphing aircraft has focused on developing wings with 1 morphing degree of freedom “monomorphing ...
Dilshad Ahmad, Rafic M. Ajaj
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Aerodynamic Analysis of Camber Morphing Airfoils in Transition via Computational Fluid Dynamics
Biomimetics, 2022 In this paper, the authors analyze an important but overlooked area, the aerodynamics of the variable camber morphing wing in transition, where 6% camber changes from 2% to 8% using the two airfoil configurations: NACA2410 and NACA8410.
Bruce W. Jo, Tuba Majid
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Gust Response of Spanwise Morphing Wing by Simulation and Wind Tunnel Testing
Aerospace, 2023 The spanwise morphing wing can change its aerodynamic shape to suit its flight environment, thereby having the potential to improve the flight performance of the aircraft, especially in gusty conditions.
Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan, Daochun Li
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Conceptual Research on a Mono-Biplane Aerodynamics-Driven Morphing Aircraft
Aerospace, 2022 The operation of aircrafts with high aspect ratio wings is usually vulnerable to low-standard airports and bad weather. A new concept for a mono-biplane aerodynamics-driven morphing aircraft is proposed.
Tingyu Guo +4 more
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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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Innovative materials for aircraft morphing [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 1998 Reported herein is an overview of the research being conducted within the Materials Division at NASA Langley Research Center on the development of smart material technologies for advanced airframe systems. The research is a part of the Aircraft Morphing Program which is a new six-year research program to develop smart components for self-adaptive ...
Joycelyn S. Harrison +7 more
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Comparative Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of Camber Morphing and Conventional Airfoils
Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper aims to numerically validate the aerodynamic performance and benefits of variable camber rate morphing wings, by comparing them to conventional ones with plain flaps, when deflection angles vary, assessing their D reduction or L/D improvement.
Tuba Majid, Bruce W. Jo
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Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2019 The morphing aircraft can change different wing shapes or geometries to achieve the optimal flight performance according to various mission scenarios.
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