A review of modelling and analysis of morphing wings

D Li, S Zhao, A Da Ronch, J Xiang, J Drofelnik… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2018 - Elsevier
Morphing wings have a large potential to improve the overall aircraft performances, in a way
like natural flyers do. By adapting or optimising dynamically the shape to various flight …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] 智能柔性变形机翼技术的应用与发展

祝连庆, 孙广开, 李红, 董明利 - 机械工程学报, 2018 - qikan.cmes.org
军事侦察打击, 远程运输和医疗救援对飞机的性能要求不断提高, 传统机翼在提升飞行效率和
任务适应性等方面存在瓶颈, 制约着飞机性能提升. 智能柔性变形机翼将柔性材料 …

Design, manufacturing and wind tunnel validation of a morphing compliant wing

A De Gaspari, L Riccobene, S Ricci - Journal of Aircraft, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper describes the activities performed at Politecnico di Milano within the FP7–
NOVEMOR Project framework for the design, manufacturing, and wind tunnel test of a wing …

Rapid Parametric CAx Tools for Modelling Morphing Wings of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs)

ÁA Rodríguez-Sevillano, MJ Casati-Calzada… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper shows a series of tools that help in the research of morphing micro air vehicles
(MAVs). These tools are aimed at generating parametric CAD models of wings in a few …

Optimization of compliant adaptive structures in the design of a morphing droop nose

V Cavalieri, A De Gaspari, S Ricci - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A design procedure for the synthesis of active camber morphing wing devices is proposed. A
topology optimization initially defines the internal structure that is further enhanced by …

Aerodynamic Shape Design and Validation of an Advanced High‐Lift Device for a Regional Aircraft with Morphing Droop Nose

A De Gaspari, F Moens - International Journal of Aerospace …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the present work, the aerodynamic shape design of an advanced high‐lift system for a
natural laminar flow (NLF) wing, based on the combination of a morphing droop nose and a …

Novel morphing wing actuator control-based Particle Swarm Optimisation

S Khan, TL Grigorie, RM Botez, M Mamou… - The Aeronautical …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The paper presents the design and experimental testing of the control system used in a new
morphing wing application with a full-scaled portion of a real wing. The morphing actuation …

Review of adaptive shock control systems

SC Künnecke, S Vasista, J Riemenschneider… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drag reduction plays a major role in future aircraft design in order to lower emissions in
aviation. In transonic flight, the transonic shock induces wave drag and thus increases the …

Gradient-based aerodynamic optimization of an airfoil with morphing leading and trailing edges

Z Zhang, A De Gaspari, S Ricci, C Song, C Yang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article presents a gradient-based aerodynamic optimization framework and investigates
optimum deformations for a transonic airfoil equipped with morphing leading and trailing …