Application of smart materials for adaptive airfoil control

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abdullah, Ermira J ^a   Bil, Cees ^a   Watkins, Simon ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRFOIL DESIGN; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; FLIGHT REGIME; FUEL SAVINGS; LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS; SMART MATERIALS; VARIABLE CAMBER AIRFOILS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUEL ECONOMY; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LIFT DRAG RATIO;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 78549281099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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