Aerospace • Vol 10 • No 4
Structural Dynamic Characterization of a Modular Morphing Wing Exploiting Finite Elements and Taguchi Methodology
April 2023 • Faisal Mahmood, Seyed M. Hashemi, Hekmat Alighanbari
Detrimental environmental impacts due to the increasing demands of the aviation industry have gained tremendous global attention. With a potential fuel saving, along with high aerodynamic performance and maneuverability during different phases of a flight, adaptable wing design has become a viable alternative to its fixed-shape counterpart. A morphing wing design embraces, and can respond accordingly to, most of the flight condition variations effectively and efficiently. Despite these prospects, morphing wing des…