“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
EXPECTED RESULTS
New fundamental knowledge
:
MATHEMATICAL
model
describing
the
behaviour
of
an
airplane
flying
without
traditional
high
velocity
control
surfaces
(ailerons,
rudder,
horizontal
tail
control
surfaces),
but
that
can
deform
its
aerodynamic surfaces (wings, tail) according to flight maneuver requirements
THEORETICAL
models
describing
the
behavior
of
active
hybrid
composites
material
upon
deformation commands (constitutive equations or matrix of the composite material)
NUMERICAL
models
of
a
“Future
Wings
Aircraft”
configuration,
and
first
assessments
about
its
characteristics of airworthiness
FUNDAMENTAL
knowledge
concerning
the
behaviour
of
active
hybrid
composites
materials,
based
on
tests
carried
out
on
specimens
and
on
a
small
scale
model
of
a
wing;
the
campaign
of
measures
includes
static/dynamic
tests
and
experimental
simulation
of
the
failure
of
one
or
more
active elements in the small scale model.
Emerging technologies
:
Radically new
APPLICATION
of advanced MFC elements
DEVELOPMENT
of
an
integrated
and
efficient
wiring
system
necessary
to
realize
the
power
supply
of the piezo-electric fibers embedded in the hybrid composite material layers
DEVELOPMENT
of
the
production
technology
which
is
necessary
to
realize
and
to
install
the
wiring system into a self shaping structure
DEVELOPMENT
of the electronic control system of a structure made of hybrid composite materials
“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 ...”
