Design of shape memory alloy actuators for morphing laminar wing with flexible extrados

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 0910061-0910069

  Georges, Thomas ^a   Brailovski, Vladimir ^a   Morellon, Emeric ^a   Coutu, Daniel ^a   Terriault, Patrick ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Flexible extrados; Morphing wing; SMA actuators; Ti Ni shape memory alloys

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DESIGN; FLEXIBLE WINGS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; CRUISE FLIGHT; FLEXIBLE EXTRADOS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; MORPHING; MORPHING WINGS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS; SUBSONICS; TI-NI SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; WING BOX;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 77953170701     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3160310     Document Type: Article

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