Compliant structures for morphing aircraft

Institute of Applied Mechanics - 17th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, ICAST 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-24

  Friswell, M I ^a   Baker, D ^a   Herencia, J E ^a   Mattioni, F ^a   Weaver, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic tailoring; Bistable structures; Compliant structures; Morphing aircraft

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC TAILORING; BISTABLE STRUCTURES; COMPLIANT STRUCTURES; CONVENTIONAL CONTROL; FINAL APPROACH; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLIGHT VEHICLES; FULL INTEGRATION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MORPHING AIRCRAFTS; MULTISTABLE; NUMBER OF ACTUATORS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE; POWER REQUIREMENT; SHAPE CHANGE; SHAPE CONTROL; STABLE CONFIGURATION; TO EFFECT; WING STRUCTURES;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CONTROL SURFACES; MECHANISMS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84865477112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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