Morphing aerospace vehicles and structures / edited by John Valasek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valasek, John.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Series:

Aerospace series (Chichester, England)

AIAA progress series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerospace engineering.

Wing-warping (Aerodynamics).

Airplanes--Design and construction.

Airplanes.

Airplanes--Wings--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons ; Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures provides a highly timely presentation of the state-of-the-art, future directions and technical requirements of morphing aircraft. Divided into three sections it addresses morphing aircraft, bio-inspiration, and smart structures with specific focus on the flight control, aerodynamics, bio-mechanics, materials, and structures of these vehicles as well as power requirements and the use of advanced piezo materials and smart actuators. The tutorial approach adopted by the contributors, including underlying concepts and mathematical formulations, unifies th

Contents:

MORPHING AEROSPACE VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Early Years: Bio-Inspiration; 1.3 The Middle Years: Variable Geometry; 1.4 The Later Years: A Return to Bio-Inspiration; 1.5 Conclusion; References; Part I BIO-INSPIRATION; 2 Wing Morphing in Insects, Birds and Bats: Mechanism and Function; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Insects; 2.2.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism; 2.2.2 Gross Wing Morphing; 2.3 Birds; 2.3.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism; 2.3.2 Gross Wing Morphing

2.3.3 Local Feather Deflections2.4 Bats; 2.4.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism; 2.4.2 Gross Wing Morphing; 2.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Bio-Inspiration of Morphing for Micro Air Vehicles; 3.1 Micro Air Vehicles; 3.2 MAV Design Concepts; 3.3 Technical Challenges for MAVs; 3.4 Flight Characteristics of MAVs and NAVs; 3.5 Bio-Inspired Morphing Concepts for MAVs; 3.5.1 Wing Planform; 3.5.2 Airfoil Shape; 3.5.3 Tail Modulation; 3.5.4 CG Shifting; 3.5.5 Flapping Modulation; 3.6 Outlook for Morphing at the MAV/NAV scale; 3.7 Future Challenges; 3.8 Conclusion; References

Part II CONTROL AND DYNAMICS4 Morphing Unmanned Air Vehicle Intelligent Shape and Flight Control; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A-RLC Architecture Functionality; 4.3 Learning Air Vehicle Shape Changes; 4.3.1 Overview of Reinforcement Learning; 4.3.2 Implementation of Shape Change Learning Agent; 4.4 Mathematical Modeling of Morphing Air Vehicle; 4.4.1 Aerodynamic Modeling; 4.4.2 Constitutive Equations; 4.4.3 Model Grid; 4.4.4 Dynamical Modeling; 4.4.5 Reference Trajectory; 4.4.6 Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Dynamics; 4.4.7 Control Effectors on Morphing Wing; 4.5 Morphing Control Law

4.5.1 Structured Adaptive Model Inversion (SAMI) Control for Attitude Control4.5.2 Update Laws; 4.5.3 Stability Analysis; 4.6 Numerical Examples; 4.6.1 Purpose and Scope; 4.6.2 Example 1: Learning New Major Goals; 4.6.3 Example 2: Learning New Intermediate Goals; 4.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Modeling and Simulation of Morphing Wing Aircraft; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Gull-Wing Aircraft; 5.2 Modeling of Aerodynamics with Morphing; 5.2.1 Vortex-Lattice Aerodynamics for Morphing; 5.2.2 Calculation of Forces and Moments; 5.2.3 Effect of Gull-Wing Morphing on Aerodynamics

5.3 Modeling of Flight Dynamics with Morphing5.3.1 Overview of Standard Approaches; 5.3.2 Extended Rigid-Body Dynamics; 5.3.3 Modeling of Morphing; 5.4 Actuator Moments and Power; 5.5 Open-Loop Maneuvers and Effects of Morphing; 5.5.1 Longitudinal Maneuvers; 5.5.2 Turn Maneuvers; 5.6 Control of Gull-Wing Aircraft using Morphing; 5.6.1 Power-Optimal Stability Augmentation System using Morphing; 5.7 Conclusion; Appendix; References; 6 Flight Dynamics Modeling of Avian-Inspired Aircraft; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Unique Characteristics of Flapping Flight; 6.2.1 Experimental Research Flight Platform

6.2.2 Unsteady Aerodynamics

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613618160

9781119940302

1119940303

9781280588334

1280588330

9781119964032

1119964032

9781119964025

1119964024

OCLC:

777375510