Modeling and control of a morphing airfoil

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 829-836

  Whitmer, Christopher E ^a   Kelkar, Atul G ^a   Vu, Phuc ^a   Chavez, Frank R ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; MORPHING;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 1842510502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2003-42666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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