Morphing laminar wing
smart Autonomous Aircraft Wing
M. Baimoldayev (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
T.W. Hamers (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
C.C. Nouws (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
J.A.W. Poland (TU Delft - Wind Energy)
Roeland Breuker – Mentor (TU Delft - Group De Breuker)
J. Sinke – Mentor (TU Delft - Group Sinke)
RJM Elmendorp – Mentor (TU Delft - Flight Performance and Propulsion)
Jurij Sodja – Mentor (TU Delft - Group Sodja)
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Abstract
Over the course of the last century, the aircraft-industry has continuously been developing and optimising the performance of their products. The rate of improvement has been decreasing, and it seems like an asymptote is being approached in the development of the current technologies. The demand for new innovative solutions is growing and these solutions shall allow the performance increase to bypass this stagnation. One of the solutions investigated is to develop an aircraft wing which has the capability to fly at optimal shape by autonomously optimising its own wing-shape during all phases of the mission. This could potentially lead to a severe increase in aerodynamic performance and controllability while actively minimising structural loads.