A design and analysis of a morphing Hyper-Elliptic Cambered Span (HECS) wing

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3979-3988

  Wiggins, Leonard D ^a,b   Stubbs, Matthew D ^a,b   Johnston, Christopher O ^a,b   Robertshaw, Harry H ^a,b   Reinholtz, Charles F ^a,b   Inman, Daniel J ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS; BENDING STRESSES; CRITICAL FORCE; HYPER-ELLIPTIC CAMBERED SPAN (HECS) WING;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; BENDING MOMENTS; BUCKLING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; TRUSSES;

WINGS;

EID: 16244382816     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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