Comparison of morphing wing strategies based upon aircraft performance impacts

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2348-2354

  Joshi, Shiv P ^a,d   Tidwell, Zeb ^a,d   Crossley, William A ^b,e   Ramakrishnan, Sekaripuram ^c,d  

^a NextGen Aeronautics   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HYPERCOMP INC   (United States)

^d Sch of Aero And Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^e Schools of Aeronautics and Astronautics Chemical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DRAG; GEOMETRY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; LIFT; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE IMPACTS; GRAVITY LOAD FACTORS; MORPHING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES (MAS); MORPHING WING STRATEGIES;

WINGS;

EID: 16244363691     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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