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Grigorios Kostopoulos, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Vaios Lappas and Stelios K. Georgantzinos
This study explores the shape-morphing behavior of 4D-printed structures made from Polylactic Acid (PLA), a prominent bio-sourced shape-memory polymer. Focusing on the response of these structures to thermal stimuli, this research investigates how variou...
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Weilai Jiang, Chenghong Zheng, Delong Hou, Kangsheng Wu and Yaonan Wang
The autonomous shape decision-making problem of a morphing aircraft (MA) with a variable wingspan and sweep angle is studied in this paper. Considering the continuity of state space and action space, a more practical autonomous decision-making algorithm ...
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Fernando Montano, Ignazio Dimino and Alberto Milazzo
Morphing structures are a relatively new aircraft technology currently being investigated for a variety of applications, from civil to military. Despite the lack of literature maturity and its complexity, morphing wings offer significant aerodynamic bene...
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Zikang Jin, Zonghan Yu, Fanshuo Meng, Wei Zhang, Jingzhi Cui, Xiaolong He, Yuedi Lei and Omer Musa
The parametric design method is widely utilized in the preliminary design stage for hypersonic vehicles; it ensures the fast iteration of configuration, generation, and optimization. This study proposes a novel parametric method for a wide-range, wing-mo...
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Neboj?a Lukic, Toni Ivanov, Jelena Svorcan and Aleksandar Simonovic
A novel concept of morphing airfoils, capable of changing camber and thickness, is proposed. A variable airfoil shape, defined by six input parameters, is achieved by allowing the three spinal points (at fixed axial positions) to slide vertically, while ...
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Yahya Ali Fageehi and Abdulnaser M. Alshoaibi
The primary focus of this paper is to investigate the application of ANSYS Workbench 19.2 software?s advanced feature, known as Separating Morphing and Adaptive Remeshing Technology (SMART), in simulating the growth of cracks within structures that incor...
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Zawar Haider, Rafic M. Ajaj and Lakmal Seneviratne
This paper studies the effect of morphing rate on the aeroelasticity of a polymorphing wing capable of active span extension and passive twist/pitch. A variable domain size finite element model is developed to capture the dynamic effects due to the prese...
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Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan and Daochun Li
The spanwise morphing wing can change its aerodynamic shape to suit its flight environment, thereby having the potential to improve the flight performance of the aircraft, especially in gusty conditions. To investigate the potential of morphing wings, th...
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Linfei Hou, Honglin Liu, Ting Yang, Shuaibin An and Rui Wang
In addressing the morphing problem in vehicle flight, some scholars have primarily employed reinforcement learning methods to make morphing decisions based on task. However, they have not considered the constraints associated with the task process. The i...
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Wenfeng Xu, Yinghui Li, Binbin Pei and Zhilong Yu
This work develops a morphing decision strategy to optimize the cruising efficiency for a variable-sweep morphing aircraft, and a simple and practical guidance and control system is given as well. They can work in tandem to accomplish a cruise mission ef...
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