Christopher A. Martin - Storming Media

Smart Materials and Structures-Smart Wing. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4

DEC 1998

532 pages

Authors: Christopher A. Martin; Jayanth N. Kudva; Fred Austin; A. P. Jardine; Lewis B. Scherer; Allen J. Lockyer; Bernie F. Carpenter; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP HAWTHORNE CA

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This final report of the DARPA-sponsored, Air Force Research Laboratory administered Smart Wing Phase 1 program documents key results and conclusions reached in the application of smart materials to both subsonic and transonic adaptive wing development. The program effort for the subsonic regime targeted an F/A-18 class vehicle, and examined 1) variable wing twist effected by a nickel titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloy (SMA) torque tube and 2) hingeless, smoothly ...