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Roll Control of Morphing Aircraft with Synthetic Jet Actuators at a High Angle of Attack

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Flow separation and dynamic stall occurring at a high angle of attack will lead to difficulty in control and maneuverability for morphing aircraft. This study proposes a novel active flow control technology using a synthetic jet actuator for the roll ...
Wencheng Li   +4 more
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A New Type Bionic Foldable Wing Design for High Maneuverable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
With the improvement of aircraft requirements in civil and military fields, aircraft are developing towards the direction of high efficiency and multi-mission.
Xitong Zhang, Gui Cheng, Gang Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Morphing Winglet Design for Aerodynamic Performance Optimization of the CRJ-700 Aircraft. Part 1 – Structural Design [PDF]

open access: yesINCAS Bulletin, 2021
This study aims to design a morphing winglet structure for the CRJ-700 regional transport aircraft. The morphing technology is applied on winglets to demonstrate a significant increase of the aerodynamic performance of aircraft. From the aerodynamic data
Paul MEYRAN   +3 more
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On the Importance of Morphing Deformation Scheduling for Actuation Force and Energy

open access: yesAerospace, 2016
Morphing aircraft offer superior properties as compared to non-morphing aircraft. They can achieve this by adapting their shape depending on the requirements of various conflicting flight conditions.
Roeland De Breuker, Noud Werter
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Analysis of MataMorph-3: A Fully Morphing UAV with Camber-Morphing Wings and Tail Stabilizers

open access: yesAerospace, 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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Special Issue: Adaptive/Smart Structures and Multifunctional Materials with Application to Morphing Aircraft

open access: yesAerospace, 2014
Recent advances in smart structures and multifunctional materials have facilitated many novel aerospace technologies such as morphing aircraft. A morphing aircraft, bio-inspired by natural fliers, has gained a lot of interest as a potential technology to
Rafic Ajaj
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic Modeling and Active Morphing Trajectory-Attitude Separation Control Approach for Gull-Wing Aircraft

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2017
Morphings are usually used for aircrafts to achieve a better performance in variable environment, whereas this paper focuses on how to achieve a trajectory-attitude separation control effect with an active morphing strategy.
Tianhao Guo, Zhongxi Hou, Bingjie Zhu
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Design of a Morphing Winglet for Active Load Control and Alleviation of Turboprop Regional Aircraft

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Aircraft winglets are well-established devices that improve aircraft fuel efficiency by enabling a higher lift over drag ratios and lower induced drag. Retrofitting winglets to existing aircraft also increases aircraft payload/range by the same order of ...
Ignazio Dimino   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Motion Characteristics of Bionic Morphing Wing Based on Sarrus Linkages

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
The variant aircraft can flexibly change its shape to achieve the best sports performance under different flight environments and flight missions. Changing the shape of the wings is a major form of variant aircraft.
Zhong Yun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research status and key technologies of in-plane deformation of morphing wing surface

open access: yesHangkong gongcheng jinzhan, 2023
Morphing wing is one of the important development directions of future aircraft design, and the study of in-plane deformation of the morphing wing surface has received widespread attention.
FENG Wenzheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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