Minimum induced drag for fixed gross weight and wingspan is obtained from the elliptic lift
distribution. However, minimum induced drag for steady level flight is not obtained by …

I. Introduction he United States Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a novel
adaptive Variable Camber Compliant Wing (VCCW) that can actively re-contour the airfoil …

Because the wing-structure weight required to support the critical wing section bending
moments is a function of wingspan, net weight, weight distribution, and lift distribution, there …

Advances in today's technology have led to the use of composite materials with their
advantages of significant high strength with lightweight structure in aircraft design …

II. Introduction odern aircraft attempt to incorporate the latest advances that technology has
to offer. Future aircraft will be no different, employing the best materials and technologies …

Geometric and/or aerodynamic wing twist can be used to produce a lift distribution that
results in a rolling moment. A decomposed Fourier-series solution to Prandtl's lifting-line …

A Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) computational study was conducted to
investigate the effect of various variable camber continuous trailing edge flap (VCCTEF) …

Lifting-line theory has formed the basis of wing-design understanding for nearly a century.
This theory has previously been used to develop a class of optimal lift distributions that …

Advancing materials and manufacturing technologies have progressed allowing the
construction of morphing wings that are able to continuously vary certain airfoil parameters …

Wing twist was originally used by Orville and Wilbur Wright to manipulate the spanwise lift
distribution for roll control [1, 2]. Shortly thereafter, this method was replaced with the …