A new concept for active bistable twisting structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5764, Issue , 2005, Pages 241-252

  Schultz, Marc R ^a  

^a Composite Technology Development Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active shape control; Composite; Morphing; Multistable; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE CONTROL; MORPHING; MULTISTABLE; PIEZOELECTRIC;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; GRAPHITE; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STEEL STRUCTURES; WINGS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 25144519794     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.598445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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