Mechanism for warp-controlled twist of a morphing wing

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-457

  Vos, Roelof ^a,b   Gürdal, Zafer ^a,b   Abdalla, Mostafa ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Systems Engineering and Aircraft Design   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DRAG; LIFT; LIFT DRAG RATIO; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; WIND TUNNELS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANALYTIC MODELING; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; LIFT TO DRAG RATIO; LOAD CARRYING CAPABILITY; STRUCTURAL MODELING; WARPING DEFORMATIONS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

WINGS;

EID: 77950584616     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39328     Document Type: Article

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