Aircraft structural morphing using tendon actuated compliant cellular trusses

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2396-2405

  Ramrkahyani, Deepak S ^a,c   Lesieutre, George A ^a,c   Frecker, Mary ^b,c   Bharti, Smita ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c 229 Hammond Bldg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LOADS; ROCKWELL (CO); ULTRASONIC MOTORS; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAV); VARIABLE STIFFNESS SPAR (VSS);

ACTUATORS; AIRFOILS; BENDING MOMENTS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENDONS; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 16244397374     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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