2009
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/3/035010
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Active wing design with integrated flight control using piezoelectric macro fiber composites

Abstract: Piezoelectric macro fiber composites (MFCs) have been implemented as actuators into an active composite wing. The goal of the project was the design of a wing for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a thin profile and integrated roll control with piezoelectric elements. The design and its optimization were based on a fully coupled structural fluid dynamics model that implemented constraints from available materials and manufacturing. A scaled prototype wing was manufactured. The design model was validated wi… Show more

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“…The wind tunnel results and the analytical evaluation of the airfoils showed comparable effectiveness to conventional actuation systems and no adverse deformation due to aerodynamic loading. Paradies and Ciresa [16] implemented MFCs as actuators into an active composite wing. A scaled prototype wing was manufactured and models were validated with static and preliminary dynamic tests of the prototype wing.…”
Section: A Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The wind tunnel results and the analytical evaluation of the airfoils showed comparable effectiveness to conventional actuation systems and no adverse deformation due to aerodynamic loading. Paradies and Ciresa [16] implemented MFCs as actuators into an active composite wing. A scaled prototype wing was manufactured and models were validated with static and preliminary dynamic tests of the prototype wing.…”
Section: A Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In several instances, MFCs have been applied to small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for flight control [9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Traditional actuator and motor became more and more difficult to meet these requirements. An effective approach to solve the problem is to integrate active materials into structure, such as shape memory alloys [3,4], piezoelectrics [5,6] and magnetostrictive materials [7]. The most common form of integration is bonding active materials to the surface of structure.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%