Development of high-rate, adaptive trailing edge control surface for the smart wing phase 2 wind tunnel model

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-291

  Bartley Cho, Jonathan D ^a   Wang, Donny P ^a   Martin, Christopher A ^c   Kudva, Jayanth N ^d   West, Mark N ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b West Engineering Corporation   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^d NextGen Aeronautics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive structures; Chordwise deformation; Conformal control surface; Contoured control surface; Gapless control surface; Hingeless control surface; Piezoelectric actuator; Piezoelectric ceramic; Spanwise deformation; Trailing edge; Variable camber

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES; CHORDWISE DEFORMATIONS; CONFORMAL CONTROL SURFACES; CONTOURED CONTROL SURFACES; GAPLESS CONTROL SURFACES; HINGELESS CONTROL SURFACES; PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS; SPANWISE DEFORMATIONS; TRAILING EDGES; VARIABLE CHAMBERS;

WINGS;

EID: 3042611513     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04042798     Document Type: Article

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