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Rigid–Elastic Coupling Dynamics of Morphing Wing Aircraft
AerospaceThis paper presents a rigid–elastic coupling dynamic model for a morphing aircraft with variable-sweep wings, developed using Kane’s method. The model accurately captures the interactions between flight dynamics and structural dynamics during morphing ...
Siyu Hua, Xugang Wang, Zhongyuan Wang
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Time-Varying Aeroelastic Modeling and Analysis of a Rapidly Morphing Wing
Aerospace, 2023 Advanced rotational variable-swept missile wings require the ability to rapidly deploy, retract and reach the designated position. Therefore, the establishment of an effective time-varying aeroelastic model of a rotating missile wing is the prerequisite ...
Liqi Zhang, Yonghui Zhao
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Morphing wing optimization for steady level flight
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2016 This paper presents the basic results of the morphing wing planform optimization of an experimental unmanned air vehicle for minimum drag at steady level flight. The aerodynamic design tool that consists of the three-dimensional panel method, two-dimensional boundary layer solution and generalized reduced gradient method-based optimization is ...
Korpe, Durmus S., Ozgen, Serkan
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Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A rapid and accessible fabrication strategy for inflatable soft actuators is presented, combining vacuum sealing with laser cutting of low‐cost thermoplastic pouches. The method enables precise sealing, fast fabrication, and programmable multi‐cell geometries.
Ashkan Rezanejad +5 more
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Study on the Actuation Aspects for a Morphing Aileron Using an Energy–Based Design Approach
Actuators, 2022 Evaluating the impact of morphing devices in terms of actuation energy is a promising approach to quantify, from the earliest stages of wing design, the convenience of active camber morphing compared to the use of conventional control surfaces.
Alessandro De Gaspari
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New aeroelastic studies for a morphing wing
INCAS BULLETIN, 2010 For this study, the upper surface of a rectangular finite aspect ratio wing, with a laminar airfoil cross-section, was made of a carbon-Kevlar composite material flexible skin. This flexible skin was morphed by use of Shape Memory Alloy actuators for 35 test cases characterized by combinations of Mach numbers, Reynolds numbers and angles of attack. The
Ruxandra Mihaela BOTEZ* +2 more
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Variable geometry wing-box: toward a robotic morphing wing. [PDF]
, 2021 The ability to vary the geometry of a wing to adapt to different flight conditions can significantly improve the performance of an aircraft. However, the realization of any morphing concept will typically be accompanied by major challenges. Specifically, the geometrical constraints that are imposed by the shape of the wing and the magnitude of the air ...
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao +3 more
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Active Metamaterials with Tunable Shear Nonreciprocity and Nonlinear Dynamics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Active gear‐based mechanical metamaterials enable simultaneous control of translational and torsional stiffnesses by 30–100×, break shear reciprocity under positive versus negative loads, broadly tune resonant frequencies, and offer programmable dynamic responses.
Xin Fang, Miao Yu, Dianlong Yu, Li Cheng
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