“Future Wings“ is an International Project co-financed by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme
“Wings of the
Future”
Project START:
1st June, 2013
Project END:
31st May, 2015
Description of Work
Expected Results
Dissemination
The Project will develop through the realization of 3 different and interleaved subjects:
Theoretical and computational analysis
Development
of
theoretical
and
computational
models
aimed
at
developing
new
evaluation
tools
suited
for
the
analysis
of
the
specific
problems
related
to
the
insertion
of
active
piezoelectric
laminates
into
a
wing-box
structure.
The
models
will
be
used
to
test
the
feasibility
of
obtaining
the
deformation
of
the
wing
that
is
necessary
to
guarantee
the
full maneuverability of the aircraft without mechanical failures.
Experimental evaluation
Measurement
of
the
mechanical
characteristics
of
the
hybrid
laminates
(piezo-layers
+
composite-layers
and/or
piezo-layers
+
aluminum-alloy-layers),
and
mechanical
and
functional
tests
on
a
small
scale
model
of
Future-Wing,
i.e.
a
wing
model
representative,
as a first step, of the behaviour of a full scale Future-Wing.
Study of the flight mechanics of the “Future-Wings Concept Aircraft
”
Assessment
of
the
aero-elastic
and
aeromechanical
characteristics
of
an
aircraft
based
on
the
Future-Wing
concept.
Theoretical
and
numerical
models
predictions
will
be
compared with the experimental results obtained on a small scale Future-Wing model.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The Project is subdivided into 10 different
“Think of an airplane as a great body with its end structures (wings, horizontal tail
surfaces, vertical tail surfaces) that could have the possibility to change their shape as
they had internal nerve endings and muscles ...”
