A morphing concept based on unsymmetric composite laminates and piezoceramic MFC actuators

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 3192-3204

  Schultz, Marc R ^a,c   Hyer, Michael W ^b,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d MC 0219 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY MATRIX; MACRO-FIBER COMPOSITE (MFC) ACTUATORS; MORPHING STRUCTURES; PIEZOCERAMICS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; POLYIMIDES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 16244362369     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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