Flexible skins for morphing aircraft

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1697-1698

  Wereley, Norman M ^a   Gandhi, Farhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650335862     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X10393157     Document Type: Editorial

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