| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-1857 |
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| Author | Search for: Jakubinek, Michael1; Search for: Roy, Steven2; Search for: Palardy-Sim, Marc2; Search for: Ashrafi, Behnam2; Search for: Shadmehri, Farjad2; Search for: Renaud, Guillaume2; Search for: Barnes, Michael1; Search for: Martinez-Rubi, Yadienka1; Search for: Rahmat, Meysam2; Search for: Simard, Benoit1; Search for: Yousefpour, Ali2; Search for: Fortin, Francois2 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
- National Research Council of Canada. Aerospace
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, January 7-11, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Physical description | 9 p. |
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| Abstract | Adaptive structures and morphing aircraft technologies have generated much interest in the aerospace community, including regular sessions at AIAA conferences. However, due to the lack of suitable materials to make stretchable structures with loadbearing ability, relatively few works address the development of morphing wings that undergo substantial area change despite the advantage of doing so for the aerodynamic performance. At SciTech 2018 we first presented an approach to development of a stretchable skin based on carbon nanotube-polyurethane sheets with approximately 25 wt.% carbon nanotubes. In this paper we describe the production and properties of the nanocomposite skin, a complimentary support structure produced via structural optimization and 3D printing, and integration of these components along with a custom-designed actuation mechanism within a 25 cm wide, 200 cm long benchtop-scale morphing leading edge demonstration. |
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| Publication date | 2019-01-07 |
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| Publisher | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23004881 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | b1f4e215-7e26-4939-9ed9-eebeac410e7b |
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| Record created | 2019-01-11 |
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| Record modified | 2021-02-09 |
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