Post-buckled precompressed elements: A new class of control actuators for morphing wing UAVs

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 919-926

  Vos, Roelof ^a   Barrett, Ron ^a   Breuker, Roeland De ^b   Tiso, Paolo ^b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BUCKLING; FORMABILITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LATEXES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

LAMINATED PLATES; NEWTONIAN DEFLECTION MODEL; PIEZOELECTRIC BENDER ACTUATORS; WING STRUCTURE;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 34249278426     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/3/042     Document Type: Article

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