SMA actuators for morphing wings

Brailovski, Vladimir, Terriault, Patrick, Georges, Thomas et Coutu, Daniel. 2010. « SMA actuators for morphing wings ». In 3rd International Symposium on Shape Memory Materials for Smart Systems/E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting (Strasbourg, France, June 7-10, 2010) Coll. « Physics Procedia », vol. 10. pp. 197-203. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier.
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Abstract

An experimental morphing laminar wing was developed to prove the feasibility of aircraft fuel consumption reduction through enhancement of the laminar flow regime over the wing extrados. The morphing wing prototype designed for subsonic cruise flight conditions (Mach 0.2…0.3; angle of attack -1…+2°), combines three principal subsystems: (1) flexible extrados, (2) rigid intrados and (3) an actuator group located inside the wing box. The morphing capability of the wing relies on controlled deformation of the wing extrados under the action of shape memory alloys (SMA) actuators. A coupled fluid-structure model of the morphing wing was used to evaluate its mechanical and aerodynamic performances in different flight conditions. A 0.5 m chord and 1 m span prototype of the morphing wing was tested in a subsonic wind tunnel. In this work, SMA actuators for morphing wings were modeled using a coupled thermo-mechanical finite element model and they were windtunnel validated. If the thermo-mechanical model of SMA actuators presented in this work is coupled with the previously developed structureaerodynamic model of the morphing wing, it could serve for the optimization of the entire morphing wing system.

Item Type:	Conference proceeding
Additional Information:	Special Issue : 3rd International Symposium on Shape Memory Materials for Smart Systems/E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting
Professor:	Professor Brailovski, Vladimir Terriault, Patrick
Affiliation:	Génie mécanique
Date Deposited:	23 May 2012 17:55
Last Modified:	03 May 2016 00:20
URI:	https://espace2.etsmtl.ca/id/eprint/159

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