Innovative materials for aircraft morphing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3326, Issue , 1998, Pages 240-249

  Simpson, J O ^a   Wise, S A ^a   Bryant, R G ^a   Cano, R J ^a   Gates, T S ^a   Hinkley, J A ^a   Rogowski, R S ^a   Whitley, K S ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Ceramics; Composite fabrication; Computational materials; Fiber optics; Piezoelectrics; Polymers; Sensors

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER OPTICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE FABRICATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032401426     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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