Development of variable camber wing with morphing leading and trailing sections using corrugated structures

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 2827-2836

  Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Yokozeki, Tomohiro ^a   Hirano, Yoshiyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

corrugated structures; variable camber morphing; wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

CAMBERS; DEFORMATION; WIND TUNNELS;

ACTUATION MECHANISM; AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MORPHING; VARIABLE CAMBERS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 85002340245     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X16642298     Document Type: Article

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