Flexible skin development for morphing aircraft applications via topology optimization

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1969-1985

  Joo, James J ^a   Reich, Gregory W ^b   Westfall, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible skin; Homogenization method; Morphing aircraft; Multi functional skin; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; BULK PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE SKINS; FLEXIBLE SKIN; IN-PLANE STIFFNESS; MATERIAL FABRICATION; MORPHING AIRCRAFT; MORPHING AIRCRAFTS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SKIN; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; OUT-OF-PLANE; PROPERTY VALUE; TEST RESULTS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TWO-STEP DESIGN; TWO-STEP PROCESS; UNIT CELLS;

AIRCRAFT; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; JOB ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

SKIN;

EID: 70350406404     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X09343026     Document Type: Article

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