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Fernando Montano, Ignazio Dimino and Alberto Milazzo
Morphing structures are a relatively new aircraft technology currently being investigated for a variety of applications, from civil to military. Despite the lack of literature maturity and its complexity, morphing wings offer significant aerodynamic bene...
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Zikang Jin, Zonghan Yu, Fanshuo Meng, Wei Zhang, Jingzhi Cui, Xiaolong He, Yuedi Lei and Omer Musa
The parametric design method is widely utilized in the preliminary design stage for hypersonic vehicles; it ensures the fast iteration of configuration, generation, and optimization. This study proposes a novel parametric method for a wide-range, wing-mo...
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Neboj?a Lukic, Toni Ivanov, Jelena Svorcan and Aleksandar Simonovic
A novel concept of morphing airfoils, capable of changing camber and thickness, is proposed. A variable airfoil shape, defined by six input parameters, is achieved by allowing the three spinal points (at fixed axial positions) to slide vertically, while ...
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Faisal Mahmood, Seyed M. Hashemi and Hekmat Alighanbari
Detrimental environmental impacts due to the increasing demands of the aviation industry have gained tremendous global attention. With a potential fuel saving, along with high aerodynamic performance and maneuverability during different phases of a fligh...
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Faisal Mahmood, Seyed M. Hashemi and Hekmat Alighanbari
Growing concerns over the CO2 footprint due the exponential demand of the aviation industry, along with the requirements for high aerodynamic performance, cost saving, and manoeuvrability during different phases of a flight, pave the path towards adaptab...
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Liqi Zhang and Yonghui Zhao
Advanced rotational variable-swept missile wings require the ability to rapidly deploy, retract and reach the designated position. Therefore, the establishment of an effective time-varying aeroelastic model of a rotating missile wing is the prerequisite ...
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Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan and Daochun Li
The spanwise morphing wing can change its aerodynamic shape to suit its flight environment, thereby having the potential to improve the flight performance of the aircraft, especially in gusty conditions. To investigate the potential of morphing wings, th...
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Hui Yang, Songcheng Jiang, Yan Wang and Hong Xiao
A multi-dimensional morphing wing skeleton mechanism is proposed with double-sided triangular pyramid units, which can realize continuous variable span-wise bend, span-wise twist, and sweep. A lockable morphing unit is designed, and its mechanism/structu...
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Jafar S. Pilakkadan, Rafic M. Ajaj, Zawar Haider and Mohammadreza Amoozgar
This paper studies the aeroelastic behavior of a rectangular, cantilever wing equipped with the spanwise morphing trailing edge (SMTE) concept. The SMTE consists of multiple trailing edge flaps that allow controlling the spanwise camber distribution of a...
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Sijia Jia, Zhenkai Zhang, Qi Dang, Chen Song and Chao Yang
Compared with traditional wings equipped with conventional control surfaces, variable-camber morphing wings have become a hot research topic in the field of aviation due to their ability to maintain a smooth and continuous overall shape while ensuring ex...
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