Design of a flexible skin for a shear morphing wing

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1755-1770

  Olympio, Kingnide Raymond ^a   Gandhi, Farhan ^a   Asheghian, Laila ^b   Kudva, Jay ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NextGen Aeronautics   (United States)

Author keywords

composite skin; morphing skin; shear morphing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION FORCE; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; CELLULAR SUB-STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE SKINS; FINITE STRIPS; GAUSSIANS; HEXAGONAL CELLS; MORPHING; MORPHING WINGS; OUT-OF-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; PRE-STRAIN; PRETENSIONED; RIGID BOUNDARIES; SHARP CORNERS; STRAIN LEVELS; STRAIN RELIEF; STRAIN-RELIEVING; STRAND SEPARATION; UNIT CELLS; WORK REQUIREMENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLEXIBLE WINGS;

STRAIN;

EID: 78650360753     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X10382586     Document Type: Article

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