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Michael Heim, Kyle Pyne, Adrian Bialy, Meghan Burns, Glendon Mohan, Noah Beaty, Connor MacNeal, Colby Weit, E. Brady Doepke, Chris Kevorkian, Michael Philen, Craig Woolsey
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2015, Volume 2: Integrated System Design and Implementation; Structural Health Monitoring; Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems; Energy Harvesting, V002T04A020, September 21–23, 2015
Paper No: SMASIS2015-9033
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Morphing wings are of great interest in the aerospace community. Control surfaces with continuously variable geometry can increase the efficiency of aircraft aerodynamics. This research focuses on demonstrating a morphing flap on a small span-wise section of the trailing edge in a wing for a small unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The flaps used flexible matrix composite (FMC) actuators embedded in a flexible structure, rather than hinged control surfaces with conventional actuators. This created a local aerodynamic control force whose effect can be measured using the UAV’s on-board flight control system. After multiple design iterations, in which the FMC actuator material and structure were varied, the final design incorporates a carbon fiber frame with an actuator system embedded in a foam matrix. The FMC control surfaces were successfully demonstrated in flight tests on the eSPAARO unmanned aerial vehicle.