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Aerospace, 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
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Rotational bistable mechanisms for morphing wings and beyond [PDF]
Communications EngineeringLow-energy-use morphing structures can greatly impact various engineering disciplines. In aeronautics, aircraft wings must adapt to diverse flight conditions to ensure optimally shaped wings for enhanced performance, maneuverability, and efficiency ...
Kaveh Barri +5 more
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Comparative Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of Camber Morphing and Conventional Airfoils
Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper aims to numerically validate the aerodynamic performance and benefits of variable camber rate morphing wings, by comparing them to conventional ones with plain flaps, when deflection angles vary, assessing their D reduction or L/D improvement.
Tuba Majid, Bruce W. Jo
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Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2022 Morphing wings with the ability of shape changing may enlarge the flight envelop of air vehicles. This is particularly important for small-scale aircrafts demanding maneuverability and adaptability in dynamic environments.
Liping Xiao +10 more
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AIP Advances, 2023 An innovative morphing scheme, i.e., dynamical chordwise retracting and stretching, has been proposed for flapping wings. Its aerodynamic effects have been investigated based on a plunging two-dimensional flat wing.
Kang Liu +4 more
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Research status and key technologies of in-plane deformation of morphing wing surface
Hangkong 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
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Morphing Wings- A Novel Design in Aviation Industry [PDF]
فناوری در مهندسی هوافضا, 2021 This article aims to study and investigate morphing wings, based on bierd’s wings, and their effects on air vehicles. This is modeled after shapes of wings and flight of birds throughout the world.
Reza Harbi Monfared +2 more
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Multiaxial mechanical characterization of latex skin for morphing wing application
Polymer Testing, 2022 A morphing aircraft continuously adjusts its wing geometry to achieve optimal flight characteristics for a wide range of flight conditions. Research on morphing aircraft has focused on developing wings with 1 morphing degree of freedom “monomorphing ...
Dilshad Ahmad, Rafic M. Ajaj
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Employing Wing Morphing to Cooperate Aileron Deflection Improves the Rolling Agility of Drones
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 In the wild, gliding birds dodge obstacles or predators by folding and twisting their wings swiftly to perform a rapid roll. Accordingly, the authors strive to explore the feasibility of improving the roll rate of drones through this bird‐inspired ...
Yubin Liu +7 more
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Deep neural network modeling for CFD simulation of drone bioinspired morphing wings [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2023 In this paper we present a deep neural network modelling using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations data in order to optimize control of bioinspired morphing wings of a drone.
Florin Bogdan MARIN +3 more
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