Shape morphing of aircraft wing: Status and challenges

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1284-1292

  Sofla, A Y N ^a   Meguid, S A ^a   Tan, K T ^b   Yeo, W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Reconfigurable wing; Shape morphing; Smart materials; Variable geometry

Indexed keywords

RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE WING; SHAPE MORPHING; SMART MATERIALS; VARIABLE GEOMETRY;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

WINGS;

EID: 72149119074     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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