Structural design and evaluation of an adaptive camber wing

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2010

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Sakarya, Evren

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This study presents a camber morphing concept as an alternative to existing plain flap or aileron type hinged control surfaces used in wings. Structural aspects of the concept are investigated with static nonlinear finite element analyses by using MSC Nastran. In order to assess the aerodynamic characteristics; CFD based 2D solutions are obtained using ANSYS Fluent. The camber morphing concept is applied to the full scale hingeless control surface and implemented in the adaptive camber wing. Hingeless control surfaces and adaptive camber wing are manufactured and changes made in manufacture stages are incorporated into finite element models. Finite element analyses of the wing are conducted with static and dynamic loading and comparison with experimental dynamic analyses are performed.

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Aerospace engineering., Morphing Wing.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611514/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19161

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Sakarya, “Structural design and evaluation of an adaptive camber wing,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.