Aerodynamic Characteristics and Shape Optimization of a Variable Camber Compliant Wing

Flow Separation Control of a Vertical Stabiliser using a Rudder-mounted Slat

“…McGinley et al (1998) showed that the flap deflection angle influenced the Reynolds stress in the slat and flap wake regions, while the change strongly influenced the pressure distribution around these elements in the slat and flap gaps (Balaji et al 2006;Hui et al 2007). It is also reported that the location of slotted slats and flaps significantly impacted the aerodynamic characteristics of high-lift aerofoil (Kanazaki et al 2007;Velkova and Todorov, 2015;Jo et al, 2016).…”

Design of compliant mechanism-based variable camber morphing wing with nonlinear large deformation

“…5 Jo et al implemented an aerodynamic testing of a variable camber compliant wing by wind tunnel test, showing 4% lift improvement in takeoff condition and 15% induced drag reduction in cruise condition. 6 Wang et al investigated the aerodynamic characteristics of leading-edge droop nose devices of A380 and A350 and found that the devices can reduce takeoff drag as well as noise emission. 7 The improvement in aerodynamic characteristics provides much of the impulsion for the design of morphing wings.…”

“…German Aerospace Center presented a droop-nose adaptive morphing wingtip by compliant mechanism for the European FP7 project “Novel Air Vehicle Configurations: From Fluttering Wings to Morphing Flight.” 24 In the same European project, Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) 29 designed both leading and trailing edges by load path-based compliant mechanism design method. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 6 also designed a “Variable Camber Compliant Wing” (VCCW) with both compliant leading and trailing edges with only one single actuation, and its design can actively recontour the airfoil camber up to 6%. Diaconu et al 30 developed a bistable compliant mechanism-based trailing edge by bistable laminated composite structures design method.…”