Recent developments in the aeroelasticity of morphing aircraft

RM Ajaj, MS Parancheerivilakkathil… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive review of the developments in the aeroelasticity of
morphing aircraft that occurred in the last decade (from 2009 to 2020). It focuses mainly on …

A review on evolution of aeroelastic assisted wing

P Sivanandi, C Gupta, H Durai - International Journal of Aeronautical and …, 2023 - Springer
Aeroelastic wings have a significant capacity like normal flyers, to improve the aircraft's
overall performance and maneuverability. It is a plugin that allows changing the airfoil-level …

Approximate global mode method for flutter analysis of folding wings

K Tian, Y Wang, D Cao, K Yu - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aircraft with folding wings benefits from the ability to transform its folding wings to adapt
to various flight missions but suffers from the change of the wings' aeroelastic characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Aerodynamic design optimization of a morphing leading edge and trailing edge airfoil–application on the uas-s45

M Bashir, S Longtin-Martel, RM Botez, T Wong - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work presents an aerodynamic optimization method for a Droop Nose Leading Edge
(DNLE) and Morphing Trailing Edge (MTE) of a UAS-S45 root airfoil by using Bezier …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated design of a morphing winglet for active load control and alleviation of turboprop regional aircraft

I Dimino, G Andreutti, F Moens, F Fonte, R Pecora… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aircraft winglets are well-established devices that improve aircraft fuel efficiency by enabling
a higher lift over drag ratios and lower induced drag. Retrofitting winglets to existing aircraft …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of an unsteady morphing wing with seamless side-edge transition on aerodynamic performance

C Abdessemed, A Bouferrouk, Y Yao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an unsteady flow analysis of a 3D wing with a morphing trailing edge
flap (TEF) and a seamless side-edge transition between the morphed and static parts of a …

Active flutter suppression of wing with morphing flap

Y Ouyang, Y Gu, X Kou, Z Yang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The flutter characteristics of a wing with morphing flap are analyzed based on computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The unsteady aerodynamic reduced order model (ROM) is …

[HTML][HTML] A self–tuning intelligent controller for a smart actuation mechanism of a morphing wing based on shape memory alloys

TL Grigorie, RM Botez - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
The paper exposes some of the results obtained in a major research project related to the
design, development, and experimental testing of a morphing wing demonstrator, with the …

[HTML][HTML] SARISTU: adaptive trailing edge device (ATED) design process review

A Concilio, I Dimino, R Pecora - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2021 - Elsevier
SARISTU was a big cooperation project granted by the European Commission, 7th
Framework Programme, carried out between 2011 and 2015. It dealt with smart aeronautic …

Status and challenges on design and implementation of camber morphing mechanisms

T Majid, BW Jo - International Journal of Aerospace …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents state‐of‐the‐art technologies of camber morphing mechanisms from the
perspectives of design and implementation. Wing morphing technologies are aimed at …