Composite corrugated structures for morphing wing skin applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Thill, C ^a   Etches, J A ^b   Bond, I P ^b   Potter, K D ^b   Weaver, P M ^b  

^a Messier Dowty   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MECHANISM; AEROFOILS; ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; CORRUGATED SANDWICH STRUCTURES; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; HIGH STIFFNESS; LOW SPEED; MORPHING; MORPHING WINGS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; SMALL AIR VEHICLES; TRAILING EDGES; UNIT CELLS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 78649936458     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/12/124009     Document Type: Article

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