Morphing wing aerodynamic control via macro-fiber-composite actuators in an unmanned aircraft

Collection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 303-319

  Bilgen, Onur ^a,b   Kochersberger, Kevin ^a,b,c   Diggs, Edward C ^a   Kurdila, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Inman, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; BANDWIDTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

MACRO-FIBER-COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MFC ACTUATED COMPOSITE WING; VORTEX LATTICE ANALYSIS; WIDER ACTUATION BANDWIDTH.;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 35648955648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-2741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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