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Aerospace, 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
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Conceptual study of a morphing winglet based on unsymmetrical stiffness [PDF]
, 2016 Morphing technology has the potential to increase aircraft performance. Among the morphing technologies, the morphing winglet is a promising solution due to its small size and large effect on the aerodynamics. Morphing winglets have to carry the spanwise
Ajaj +38 more
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IEEE 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
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Applied 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
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State-of-the-art in aerodynamic shape optimisation methods [PDF]
, 2018 Aerodynamic optimisation has become an indispensable component for any aerodynamic design over the past 60 years, with applications to aircraft, cars, trains, bridges, wind turbines, internal pipe flows, and cavities, among others, and is thus relevant ...
Skinner, S.N., Zare-Behtash, H.
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Active Flow Control at Low Reynolds Numbers by Periodic Airfoil Morphing [PDF]
, 2016 This paper investigates the application of a periodically deforming airfoil surface for the purpose of flow control at low Reynolds numbers. A physical model has been fabricated by bonding Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) actuators to the underside of a NACA ...
Debiasi, M +3 more
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Optimization and design of an aircraft’s morphing wing-tip demonstrator for drag reduction at low speed, Part I – Aerodynamic optimization using genetic, bee colony and gradient descent algorithms [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper, an ‘in-house’ genetic algorithm is described and applied to an optimization problem for improving the aerodynamic performances of an aircraft wing tip through upper surface morphing.
Acotto, J +7 more
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Design of a Morphing Wing-tip [PDF]
, 2014 An initial design of a morphing wing-tip for a Regional Jet aircraft is developed and evaluated. The adaptive wing-tip concept is based upon a chiral type internal structure, enabling controlled cant angle orientation, camber and twist throughout the ...
Allen, N. J. +10 more
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Analysis of Motion Characteristics of Bionic Morphing Wing Based on Sarrus Linkages
Applied 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
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The mechanics of composite corrugated structures: A review with applications in morphing aircraft [PDF]
, 2015 Corrugation has long been seen as a simple and effective means of forming lightweight structures with high anisotropic behaviour, stability under buckling load and energy absorption capability.
Dayyani, I. +3 more
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