Overview of the DARPA/AFRL/NASA Smart Wing Phase 2 program

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4332, Issue , 2001, Pages 383-389

  Kudva, Jayanth N ^a   Sanders, Brian P ^b   Pinkerton Florance, Jennifer L ^c   Garcia, Ephrahim ^d  

^a Northrop Grumman Corporaton   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentuator; Hinge less control surfaces; Shape memory alloy; Smart wing; Ultrasonic piezoelectric motor

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; BANDWIDTH; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; WIND TUNNELS;

INTEGRATED ACTUATION MECHANISMS; SMART WINGS;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

EID: 0034845749     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429678     Document Type: Article

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1. Overview of the DARPA/AFRL/NASA "Smart Wing" program
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3. Improved design and performance of the SMA torque tube for the Smart Wing program
4. Design, fabrication, and testing of scaled wind tunnel model for the Smart Wing Phase 2 program
5. Aerodynamic and aeroelastic characteristics of the DARPA Smart Wing Phase II wind tunnel model
6. Development of high-rate, large deflection, hingeless trailing edge control surface for the Smart Wing wind tunnel model