Morphing structure actuation
Because of superior benefits of morphing aircraft, interest in morphing structure has increased in the past few decades. The concept of a morphing wing able to adapt itself for different aerodynamic characteristics during flight is are what aircraft research is mostly heading to. This project missio...
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| author | Wu, Shuli. |
| author2 | Chen Yan |
| author_facet | Chen Yan Wu, Shuli. |
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| description | Because of superior benefits of morphing aircraft, interest in morphing structure has increased in the past few decades. The concept of a morphing wing able to adapt itself for different aerodynamic characteristics during flight is are what aircraft research is mostly heading to. This project mission is to demonstrate an actuation mechanism for the morphing wing structure design which is capable of extending the wing fuselage length along the leading edge with a smooth motion.
Before working towards the set goal, a brief literature review from the fundamental understanding of the interaction between aerodynamics, structures and materials would be required through researching and then followed by a conceptual design approach. A model airplane swept back wing was prepared to try out for the proposed morphing approach and the whole morphing mechanism and prototype were built upon this wing. An extensible linkage mechanism was design to provide one degree of freedom motion for the wing expansion. The combined mechanism design built upon the extensible linkage enabled it to extend smoothly and made the motion transmission from servo motor easier.
By conducting morphing test, the wing span was extended by 10% with the morphing structure fixed to. Based on this study, some recommendations about future work for conceptual design of morphing structure are presented before conclusions about this project. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/460572023-03-04T18:35:32Z Morphing structure actuation Wu, Shuli. Chen Yan School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Robotics Research Centre DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Flight simulation Because of superior benefits of morphing aircraft, interest in morphing structure has increased in the past few decades. The concept of a morphing wing able to adapt itself for different aerodynamic characteristics during flight is are what aircraft research is mostly heading to. This project mission is to demonstrate an actuation mechanism for the morphing wing structure design which is capable of extending the wing fuselage length along the leading edge with a smooth motion. Before working towards the set goal, a brief literature review from the fundamental understanding of the interaction between aerodynamics, structures and materials would be required through researching and then followed by a conceptual design approach. A model airplane swept back wing was prepared to try out for the proposed morphing approach and the whole morphing mechanism and prototype were built upon this wing. An extensible linkage mechanism was design to provide one degree of freedom motion for the wing expansion. The combined mechanism design built upon the extensible linkage enabled it to extend smoothly and made the motion transmission from servo motor easier. By conducting morphing test, the wing span was extended by 10% with the morphing structure fixed to. Based on this study, some recommendations about future work for conceptual design of morphing structure are presented before conclusions about this project. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2011-06-28T07:36:10Z 2011-06-28T07:36:10Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46057 en Nanyang Technological University 68 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Flight simulation Wu, Shuli. Morphing structure actuation |
| title | Morphing structure actuation |
| title_full | Morphing structure actuation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Morphing structure actuation |
| title_short | Morphing structure actuation |
| title_sort | morphing structure actuation |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Flight simulation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46057 |
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