Morphing Wings Technologies: Large Commercial Aircraft and Civil Helicopters offers a fresh look at current research on morphing aircraft, including industry design, real manufactured prototypes and certification. This is an invaluable reference for students in the aeronautics and aerospace fields who need an introduction to the morphing discipline, as well as senior professionals seeking exposure to morphing potentialities. Practical applications of morphing devices are presented—from the challenge of conceptual design incorporating both structural and aerodynamic studies, to the most promising and potentially flyable solutions aimed at improving the performance of commercial aircraft and UAVs.
Morphing aircraft are multi-role aircraft that change their external shape substantially to adapt to a changing mission environment during flight. The book consists of eight sections as well as an appendix which contains both updates on main systems evolution (skin, structure, actuator, sensor, and control systems) and a survey on the most significant achievements of integrated systems for large commercial aircraft.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. lv 2. Chapter 1: Historical Background and Current Scenario - p. lv 3. Chapter 2: Aircraft Morphing—An Industry Vision - p. 84 4. Chapter 3: The Development of Morphing Aircraft Benefit Assessment - p. 101 5. Section 2: Requirements and Performance - p. 121 6. Chapter 4: Span Morphing Concept: An Overview - p. 121 7. Chapter 5: Adjoint-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Applied to Morphing Technology on a Regional Aircraft Wing - p. 144 8. Chapter 6: Expected Performances - p. 174 9. Section 3: Morphing Skins - p. 203 10. Chapter 7: Morphing Skin: Foams - p. 203 11. Chapter 8: The Design of Skin Panels for Morphing Wings in Lattice Materials - p. 230 12. Chapter 9: Composite Corrugated Laminates for Morphing Applications - p. 246 13. Section 4: Systems Design - p. 276 14. Chapter 10: Active Metal Structures - p. 276 15. Chapter 11: Sensor Systems for Smart Architectures - p. 320 16. Chapter 12: Control Techniques for a Smart Actuated Morphing Wing Model: Design, Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation - p. 350 17. Section 5: Numerical Simulation - p. 397 18. Chapter 13: Influence of the Elastic Constraint on the Functionality of Integrated Morphing Devices - p. 397 19. Chapter 14: Application of the Extra-Modes Method to the Aeroelastic Analysis of Morphing Wing Structures - p. 428 20. Chapter 15: Stress Analysis of a Morphing System - p. 450 21. Section 6: Morphing Wing Systems - p. 488 22. Chapter 16: Morphing of the Leading Edge - p. 488 23. Chapter 17: An Adaptive Trailing Edge - p. 515 24. Chapter 18: Morphing Aileron - p. 545 25. Section 7: Full Scale Realization, Safety, and Reliability - p. 582 26. Chapter 19: Morphing Technology for Advanced Future Commercial Aircrafts - p. 582 27. Chapter 20: Morphing Wing Integration - p. 618 28. Chapter 21: Morphing Devices: Safety, Reliability, and Certification Prospects - p. 646 29. Chapter 22: On the Experimental Characterization of Morphing Structures - p. 682 30. Chapter 23: Wind Tunnel Testing of Adaptive Wing Structures - p. 712 31. Section 8: Smart Helicopters - p. 755 32. Chapter 24: Rotary Wings Morphing Technologies: State of the Art and Perspectives - p. 755 33. Chapter 25: Aerodynamic Analyses of Tiltrotor Morphing Blades - p. 797 34. Chapter 26: Synergic Effects of Passive and Active Ice Protection Systems - p. 839 35. Chapter 27: Helicopter Vibration Reduction - p. 864 36. Afterword - p. 893 37. Index - p. 895
Morphing Wings Technologies: Large Commercial Aircraft and Civil Helicopters offers a fresh look at current research on morphing aircraft, including industry design, real manufactured prototypes and certification. This is an invaluable reference for students in the aeronautics and aerospace fields who need an introduction to the morphing discipline, as well as senior professionals seeking exposure to morphing potentialities. Practical applications of morphing devices are presented—from the challenge of conceptual design incorporating both structural and aerodynamic studies, to the most promising and potentially flyable solutions aimed at improving the performance of commercial aircraft and UAVs.
Morphing aircraft are multi-role aircraft that change their external shape substantially to adapt to a changing mission environment during flight. The book consists of eight sections as well as an appendix which contains both updates on main systems evolution (skin, structure, actuator, sensor, and control systems) and a survey on the most significant achievements of integrated systems for large commercial aircraft.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. lv 2. Chapter 1: Historical Background and Current Scenario - p. lv 3. Chapter 2: Aircraft Morphing—An Industry Vision - p. 84 4. Chapter 3: The Development of Morphing Aircraft Benefit Assessment - p. 101 5. Section 2: Requirements and Performance - p. 121 6. Chapter 4: Span Morphing Concept: An Overview - p. 121 7. Chapter 5: Adjoint-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Applied to Morphing Technology on a Regional Aircraft Wing - p. 144 8. Chapter 6: Expected Performances - p. 174 9. Section 3: Morphing Skins - p. 203 10. Chapter 7: Morphing Skin: Foams - p. 203 11. Chapter 8: The Design of Skin Panels for Morphing Wings in Lattice Materials - p. 230 12. Chapter 9: Composite Corrugated Laminates for Morphing Applications - p. 246 13. Section 4: Systems Design - p. 276 14. Chapter 10: Active Metal Structures - p. 276 15. Chapter 11: Sensor Systems for Smart Architectures - p. 320 16. Chapter 12: Control Techniques for a Smart Actuated Morphing Wing Model: Design, Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation - p. 350 17. Section 5: Numerical Simulation - p. 397 18. Chapter 13: Influence of the Elastic Constraint on the Functionality of Integrated Morphing Devices - p. 397 19. Chapter 14: Application of the Extra-Modes Method to the Aeroelastic Analysis of Morphing Wing Structures - p. 428 20. Chapter 15: Stress Analysis of a Morphing System - p. 450 21. Section 6: Morphing Wing Systems - p. 488 22. Chapter 16: Morphing of the Leading Edge - p. 488 23. Chapter 17: An Adaptive Trailing Edge - p. 515 24. Chapter 18: Morphing Aileron - p. 545 25. Section 7: Full Scale Realization, Safety, and Reliability - p. 582 26. Chapter 19: Morphing Technology for Advanced Future Commercial Aircrafts - p. 582 27. Chapter 20: Morphing Wing Integration - p. 618 28. Chapter 21: Morphing Devices: Safety, Reliability, and Certification Prospects - p. 646 29. Chapter 22: On the Experimental Characterization of Morphing Structures - p. 682 30. Chapter 23: Wind Tunnel Testing of Adaptive Wing Structures - p. 712 31. Section 8: Smart Helicopters - p. 755 32. Chapter 24: Rotary Wings Morphing Technologies: State of the Art and Perspectives - p. 755 33. Chapter 25: Aerodynamic Analyses of Tiltrotor Morphing Blades - p. 797 34. Chapter 26: Synergic Effects of Passive and Active Ice Protection Systems - p. 839 35. Chapter 27: Helicopter Vibration Reduction - p. 864 36. Afterword - p. 893 37. Index - p. 895
