Development of variable camber morphing airfoil using corrugated structure

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1023-1029

  Yokozeki, Tomohiro ^a   Sugiura, Aya ^a   Hirano, Yoshiyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONTROL SURFACES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; WIND STRESS;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; CORRUGATED WINGS; MORPHING AIRFOILS; VARIABLE CAMBERS; VARIABLE GEOMETRY; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84903648025     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C032573     Document Type: Article

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