Design and applications of morphing aircraft and their structures

作     者：Jihong ZHU Jiannan YANG Weihong ZHANG Xiaojun GU Han ZHOU Jihong ZHU;Jiannan YANG;Weihong ZHANG;Xiaojun GU;Han ZHOU

作者机构：State IJR Center of Aerospace Design and Additive ManufacturingSchool of Mechanical EngineeringNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072China MIIT Laboratory of Metal Additive Manufacturing and Innovative DesignNPU-QMUL Joint Research InstituteNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an710072China Institute of Intelligence Material and StructureUnmanned System TechnologiesNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an 710072China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering》 (机械工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第18卷第3期

页      面：1-20页

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学科分类：08[工学] 080203[工学-机械设计及理论] 0802[工学-机械工程] 

基　　金：supported by the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.92271205 51790171 51735005 and 11620101002) 

主　　题：morphing aircraft additive manufacturing lattice structure smart material flexible structure flexible skin 

摘      要：Morphing aircraft can adaptively regulate their aerodynamic layout to meet the demands of varying flight conditions,improve their aerodynamic efficiency,and reduce their energy *** design and fabrication of high-performance,lightweight,and intelligent morphing structures have become a hot topic in advanced aircraft *** paper discusses morphing aircraft development history,structural characteristics,existing applications,and future ***,some conventional mechanical morphing aircraft are examined with focus on their morphing modes,mechanisms,advantages,and ***,the novel applications of several technologies for morphing unmanned aerial vehicles,including additive manufacturing for fabricating complex morphing structures,lattice technology for reducing structural weight,and multi-mode morphing combined with flexible skins and foldable structures,are summarized and ***,in consideration of the further development of active morphing aircraft,the paper reviews morphing structures driven by smart material actuators,such as shape memory alloy and macro-fiber composites,and analyzes their advantages and ***,the paper discusses multiple challenges,including flexible structures,flexible skins,and control systems,in the design of future morphing ***,the development and application of morphing structures in the aerospace field are discussed to provide a reference for future research and engineering applications.