Design of a morphing wing: Modeling and experiments

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 124-132

  Majji, Manoranjan ^a   Rediniotis, Othon K ^a   Junkins, John L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND TUNNELS; AERODYNAMICS; ELASTOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; DESIGN AND MODELING; LIFTING LINE THEORY; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; MORPHING WINGS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; MORPHING WING;

AERODYNAMICS; WINGS;

EID: 40549095351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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