Optimal actuator location within a morphing wing scissor mechanism configuration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6166, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Joo, James J ^a   Sanders, Brian ^b   Johnson, Terrence ^c   Frecker, Mary I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Geometrical advantage; Morphing; Optimal location of actuators; Scissor mechanism

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL ADVANTAGE; MORPHING; OPTIMAL LOCATION OF ACTUATORS; SCISSOR MECHANISM;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SKIN; WINGS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33745811657     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.658830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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