Variable stiffness material and structural concepts for morphing applications

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-55

  Kuder, Izabela K ^a   Arrieta, Andres F ^a   Raither, Wolfram E ^a   Ermanni, Paolo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive structures; Aerospace; Morphing; Variable stiffness; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURE; AEROSPACE; CHANGING EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION RESISTANCE; MORPHING; REVERSIBLE DEFORMATION; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS MATERIALS;

DEFORMATION; WIND TURBINES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84887320562     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2013.07.001     Document Type: Review

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