Design and Experiment of a Seamless Morphing Trailing Edge
Aerospace, 2023 Morphing trailing edge wing as an important morphing wing technology has gained wide attention because of its advantages, such as gust mitigation, improved aerodynamic efficiency, and reduced radar reflective area.
Gui Cheng +4 more
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Design and Shape Monitoring of a Morphing Wing Trailing Edge
Aerospace, 2023 The morphing wing trailing edge is an attractive aviation structure due to its shape-adaptive ability, which can effectively improve the aerodynamic performance of an aircraft throughout the whole flight.
Xintong Shi +5 more
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Numerical Simulation of the Transient Flow around the Combined Morphing Leading-Edge and Trailing-Edge Airfoil [PDF]
BiomimeticsAn 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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Mathematics, 2023 This study presents a novel approach to parameterize the geometry of a morphing trailing-edge flap that allows its aerodynamics to be optimized while capturing the expected structural behavior of the flap.
Martynas Lendraitis +1 more
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Aerospace, 2019 Nature has many striking examples of adaptive structures: the emulation of birds’ flight is the true challenge of a morphing wing. The integration of increasingly innovative technologies, such as reliable kinematic mechanisms, embedded servo ...
Maurizio Arena +5 more
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An Experimental and Simulation Study of the Active Camber Morphing Concept on Airfoils Using Bio-Inspired Structures [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 Birds are capable of morphing their wings across different flight modes and speeds to improve their aerodynamic performance. In light of this, the study aims to investigate a more optimized solution compared to conventional structural wing designs.
Alexsteven Dharmdas +8 more
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Numerical Investigation of an NACA 13112 Morphing Airfoil [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis 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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Assessment of the Measurement Performance of the Multimodal Fibre Optic Shape Sensing Configuration for a Morphing Wing Section [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 In this paper, with the final aim of shape sensing for a morphing aircraft wing section, a developed multimodal shape sensing system is analysed. We utilise the method of interrogating a morphing wing section based on the principles of both hybrid ...
Nakash Nazeer +2 more
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On the Aeroelasticity of a Cantilever Wing Equipped with the Spanwise Morphing Trailing Edge Concept
Aerospace, 2023 This paper studies the aeroelastic behavior of a rectangular, cantilever wing equipped with the spanwise morphing trailing edge (SMTE) concept. The SMTE consists of multiple trailing edge flaps that allow controlling the spanwise camber distribution of a
Jafar S. Pilakkadan +3 more
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Design and Validation of the Trailing Edge of a Variable Camber Wing Based on a Two-Dimensional Airfoil [PDF]
BiomimeticsVariable camber wing technology stands out as the most promising morphing technology currently available in green aviation. Despite the ongoing advancements in smart materials and compliant structures, they still fall short in terms of driving force ...
Jin Zhou +6 more
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