Piezo-sensors for in-situ boundary layer monitoring on morphing wings
Development, validation and implementation
V. L. Stuber (TU Delft - Novel Aerospace Materials)
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Abstract
This thesis describes the development, validation and implementation of piezoelectric flow sensors. These sensors are meant to measure flow phenomena such as transition and separation in the boundary layer of an aircraft wing. Such information can be used
as input variables to a control loop to push laminar-to-turbulent transition towards the trailing edge of a wing, thereby reducing the overall skin friction drag. The developed sensors are installed in the SmartX wing, which is a morphing wing developed at the
Delft University of Technology (TUD).