Optimization of surface-actuated piezocomposite variable-camber morphing wings

ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 315-322

  Bilgen, Onur ^a   Flores, Erick I Saavedra ^a   Friswell, Michael I ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; CAMBERS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

AEROELASTIC DESIGNS; COUPLED TREATMENTS; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84859527143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/smasis2011-4971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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