“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 ...”
Aeroelastic deformations of the
morphing wing for a steady roll
maneuver
( M = 0.17, h = 0 m, q = 2.2 kPa, V/V* =
0.275, AoA = 4.3 deg )
Aeroelastic deformations of the morphing wing at takeoff,
for V/V* = 2 ( M = 0.2, h = 1000 m )
Aeroelastic deformations of the morphing aircraft at
takeoff; enlarged view of the active wing trailing edge
( M = 0.2, h = 1000 m, V/V* = 2)
Model of the aircraft with morphing wings: structural model and aerodynamic grid
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