TY - GEN digital ID - 131765078 TI - Morphing wing technologies : large commercial aircraft and civil helicopters AU - Concilio, Antonio AU - Dimino, Ignazio AU - Lecce, Leonardo AU - Pecora, Rosario PY - 2018 SN - 9780081009697 0081009690 008100964X PB - Cambridge, MA Butterworth-Heinemann DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131765078 AB - Morphing Wings Technologies: Large Commercial Aircraft and Civil Helicopters offers a fresh look at current research on morphing aircraft, including industry design, real manufactured prototypes and certification. This is an invaluable reference for students in the aeronautics and aerospace fields who need an introduction to the morphing discipline, as well as senior professionals seeking exposure to morphing potentialities. Practical applications of morphing devices are presented-from the challenge of conceptual design incorporating both structural and aerodynamic studies, to the most promising and potentially flyable solutions aimed at improving the performance of commercial aircraft and UAVs. Morphing aircraft are multi-role aircraft that change their external shape substantially to adapt to a changing mission environment during flight. The book consists of eight sections as well as an appendix which contains both updates on main systems evolution (skin, structure, actuator, sensor, and control systems) and a survey on the most significant achievements of integrated systems for large commercial aircraft. ER -