The ability to adapt to different flight conditions has been fundamental to aircraft design since the Wright Brothers first flight. Over a hundred years later, unconventional aircraft adaptability, often called aircraft morphing has become a topic of considerable renewed interest. In the past two decades, this interest has been largely fuelled by advancements in multi-functional or smart materials and structures. However, highly adaptive or morphing aircraft is certainly a cross-discipline challenge that stimulates a wide range of design possibilities. This paper will review some of the history of morphing aircraft including recent research programs and discuss some perspectives on this work.


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    Title :

    Perspectives on Highly Adaptive or Morphing Aircraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    NATO RTO AVT-168 Symposium ; 2009 ; Lisbon, Portugal


    Publication date :

    2009-04-20


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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