Demonstration of an insitu morphing hyperelliptical cambered span wing mechanism

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Manzo, Justin ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTICAL WING; IN-SITU; MORPHING; MORPHING WINGS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS; SPAN WINGS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING; WING LIFT; WING MORPHING;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AERODYNAMICS; RIGID WINGS; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

SWEPT WINGS;

EID: 76649116271     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/2/025012     Document Type: Article

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