Composite chiral structures for morphing airfoils: Numerical analyses and development of a manufacturing process

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-147

  Bettini, Paolo ^a   Airoldi, Alessandro ^a   Sala, Giuseppe ^a   Landro, Luca Di ^a   Ruzzene, Massimo ^b   Spadoni, Alessandro ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Mechanical properties; C. Finite element analysis; E. Assembly; Morphing structures

Indexed keywords

C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; CHIRAL TOPOLOGY; COMPLEX COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; METALLIC STRUCTURES; MORPHING; MORPHING STRUCTURES; NOVEL PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS;

AIRFOILS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 75149197897     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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