Active and passive material optimization in a tendon actuated morphing aircraft structure

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5390, Issue , 2004, Pages 247-257

  Bharti, Smita ^a   Frecker, Mary ^a   Lesieutre, George ^a   Ramrakhyani, Deepak ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable Actuation; Continuous Whig Morphing; Genetic algorithm; Optimal Material Placement

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; WINGS;

CABLE ACTUATION; CONTINUOUS WING MORPHING; LOITER; OPTIMAL MATERIAL PLACEMENT;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 10044243880     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.540198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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