Morphing aerospace vehicles and structures /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Valasek, John
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed.
• Σειρά: AIAA progress series
• Θέματα: Aerospace engineering.; Wing-warping (Aerodynamics); Airplanes > Design and construction.; Airplanes > Wings > Design and construction.; Engineering.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.; Electronic books.

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 fl...

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• 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.