Defense System Perspectives on Multifunctional Design for Actuation

Abstract

Summary: Adaptive Structures (applied to large structures) requires technology development in three areas.: Compact, weight efficient variable geometry load paths, Large deformation/load bearing skins/fairings and Integrated/Distributed Actuation. Design of Adaptive Airframes must be performed as part of system level trade studies and optimization. The development of tools (particularly objective functions) to do this lags significantly behind the research SOA. Multifunctional design is both the savior and the bane of Adaptive Structures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA566885

Entities

People

  • Edward V. White

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Control Systems
  • Copyrights
  • Defense Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • High Energy
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Leading Edge Flaps
  • Leading Edges
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Shape Memory Alloys
  • Systems Engineering

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