Efficient Multidisciplinary Analysis Approach for Conceptual Design of Aircraft with Large Shape Change [PDF]
, 2009 The conceptual and preliminary design processes for aircraft with large shape changes are generally difficult and time-consuming, and the processes are often customized for a specific shape change concept to streamline the vehicle design effort ...
Chwalowski, Pawel +4 more
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Discrete adjoint-based simultaneous analysis and design approach for conceptual aerodynamic optimization [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper, a simultaneous analysis and design method is derived and applied for a non-linear constrained aerodynamic optimization problem. The method is based on the approach of defining a Lagrange functional based on the objective function and the ...
Sugar-Gabor, O
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On the effect of low blowing ratio continuous jets on wingtip vortex characteristics [PDF]
, 2018 Vortices are an unavoidable effect of flight, which appear behind the wing with a bounded length. The strength of these vortices, which are extremely stable, is due to the lift force [1].
Blanco-Rodríguez, Francisco José +3 more
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SurfNet: Generating 3D shape surfaces using deep residual networks
, 2017 3D shape models are naturally parameterized using vertices and faces, \ie, composed of polygons forming a surface. However, current 3D learning paradigms for predictive and generative tasks using convolutional neural networks focus on a voxelized ...
Huang, Qixing +3 more
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SMA-Based Muscle-Like Actuation in Biologically Inspired Robots: A State of the Art Review [PDF]
, 2012 New actuation technology in functional or "smart" materials has opened new horizons in robotics actuation systems. Materials such as piezo-electric fiber composites, electro-active polymers and shape memory alloys (SMA) are being investigated as ...
Antonio Barrientos +4 more
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A smart material based approach to morphing [PDF]
, 2008 This presentation gives an overview of the Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based approach to the research and13; development of adaptive/smart/morphing airframe structural technologies at the Advanced Composites13; Division, NAL. Central to this approach is the
Dayananda, GN +4 more
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Effects of Speed on Coupled Sweep and Camber in Morphing Wings [PDF]
, 2017 Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143021/1/6.2017-0267 ...
Gamble, Lawren L. +2 more
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Design of compliant mechanism-based variable camber morphing wing with nonlinear large deformation
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2019 The morphing wing with large deformation can benefit its flight performance a lot in different conditions. In this study, a variable camber morphing wing with compliant leading and trailing edges is designed by large-displacement compliant mechanisms ...
Yaqing Zhang +4 more
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Optical Fiber Sensor Performance Evaluation in Soft Polyimide Film with Different Thickness Ratios
Sensors, 2019 To meet the application requirements of curvature measurement for soft biomedical robotics and flexible morphing wings of aircraft, the optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) shape sensor for soft robots and flexible morphing wing was implemented.
Yanlin He +5 more
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Perspectives on Highly Adaptive or Morphing Aircraft [PDF]
, 2009 The ability to adapt to different flight conditions has been fundamental to aircraft design since the Wright Brothers first flight. Over a hundred years later, unconventional aircraft adaptability, often called aircraft morphing has become a topic of ...
Busan, Ronald C. +3 more
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