Experimental and parametric analysis of corrugated composite structures for morphing skin applications

19th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies 2008, ICAST 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 313-325

  Thill, Christophe ^a   Etches, Julie A ^a   Bond, Ian P ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^a   Potter, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Corrugations; Morphing; Skins

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; SKIN;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CORRUGATED LAMINATES; CORRUGATIONS; ELASTIC TENSILE MODULUS; MORPHING; MORPHING WINGS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC STUDY;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 84863410379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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