Asymmetric Airfoil Morphing via Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
Morphing aircraft are capable of modifying their geometry configurations according to different flight conditions to improve their performance, such as by increasing the lift-to-drag ratio or reducing their fuel consumption.
Kelin Lu, Qien Fu
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Numerical Investigation of an NACA 13112 Morphing Airfoil [PDF]
This article presents a numerical study on the 2D aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil with a morphed camber. The operational regime of the main rotor blade of the IAR 330 PUMA helicopter was encompassed in CFD simulations, performed over an angle ...
Mădălin-Dorin Feraru +3 more
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Airfoil optimization using Design-by-Morphing [PDF]
Abstract Design-by-Morphing (DbM) is a novel design methodology that creates a search space for topology optimization. Traditional design techniques often impose geometric constraints and, sometimes, the designer’s biases on the design space, which restricts the novelty of the designs and allows for only small local changes.
Haris Moazam Sheikh +2 more
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Numerical Simulation of the Transient Flow around the Combined Morphing Leading-Edge and Trailing-Edge Airfoil [PDF]
An integrated approach to active flow control is proposed by finding both the drooping leading edge and the morphing trailing edge for flow management.
Musavir Bashir +3 more
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Largely deformable torsional soft morphing actuator created by twisted shape memory alloy wire and its application to a soft morphing wing [PDF]
We present a new type of torsional soft morphing actuator designed and fabricated by twisted shape memory alloy (SMA) wires embedded in polydimethylsiloxane matrix.
Su-Yeon Lee, Gil-Yong Lee
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Aerodynamic Analysis of Camber Morphing Airfoils in Transition via Computational Fluid Dynamics [PDF]
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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Study on Flow Mechanism of a Morphing Supercritical Airfoil
In order to maintain the best performance in flight, a new concept, morphing aircraft, has been proposed, which can change the real-time aerodynamic characteristics under different flight conditions.
Yuanjing Wang +4 more
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Hierarchical modeling and optimization of camber morphing airfoil
Abstract A variable camber morphing airfoil with compliant ribs and flexible composite skins is studied in a hierarchical modeling framework. The key requirements of a variable camber morphing airfoil are the flexible skin, compliant internal structure and a lightweight actuation system.
Senthil Murugan, Michael I Friswell
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Aerodynamic Performance Estimation of Camber Morphing Airfoils for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [PDF]
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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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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