Boeing's variable geometry chevron: Morphing aerospace structures for jet noise reduction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6171, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Calkins, Frederick T ^a   Mabe, James H ^a   Butler, George W ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chevron; Jet noise; Morphing; Nickel rich; Nitinol; Shape Memory Alloy; SMA actuator; SMA control

Indexed keywords

CHEVRON; JET NOISE; MORPHING; NICKEL-RICH; NITINOL; SMA ACTUATOR; SMA CONTROL;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; JET AIRCRAFT; JET ENGINES; NOZZLES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 33745911162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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