HIGHLY EXTENSIBLE SKIN FOR A VARIABLE WING-SPAN MORPHING AIRCRAFT UTILIZING PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATION.

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dc.contributor.advisorWereley, Norman Men_US
dc.contributor.authorBubert, Edward Adamsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-03T05:39:43Z
dc.date.available2009-07-03T05:39:43Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractTwo different technologies are demonstrated for a span-morphing wingtip: a linear controller for a pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) actuator, and a passive 1-D morphing skin. A generic PAM system incorporating a single PAM working against a nonlinear spring is described in a Simulink model, which is validated using experimental data. A linear PID controller is then incorporated into the model. Frequency responses are obtained by both simulation and experiment, and the ability to track relatively high frequency control inputs is demonstrated. The morphing skin system includes an elastomer-fiber-composite surface layer that is supported by a flexible honeycomb structure, each of which exhibit a near-zero in-plane Poisson's ratio. Composite skin and substructure configurations are designed using analytical methods and downselected after experimental evaluation. A complete prototype morphing skin, mated to a PAM driven extension mechanism, demonstrates 100% uniaxial extension accompanied by a 100% increase in surface area. Out-of-plane deflections under surface pressures up to 200 psf (9.58 kPa) are reported at varying levels of area change.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9332
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Aerospaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlinear controlen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmorphing skinen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmorphing wingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpneumatic actuatoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpneumatic artificial muscleen_US
dc.titleHIGHLY EXTENSIBLE SKIN FOR A VARIABLE WING-SPAN MORPHING AIRCRAFT UTILIZING PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATION.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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