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Morphing Wing Design with an Innovative Three-Dimensional Warping Actuation

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX14CD13P
Agency Tracking Number: 145430
Amount: $125,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A3.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-06-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-12-19
Small Business Information
57 Maryanne Drive
Monroe, CT 06468-3209
United States
DUNS: 180516577
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 Changkuan Ju
 Senior Research Engineer
 (203) 502-8682
 cju@aboutmtc.com
Business Contact
 Yogesh Mehrotra
Title: Business Official
Phone: (203) 502-8682
Email: ymehrotra@aboutmtc.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Advanced wing configurations where traditional control surfaces are replaced by dynamically controlled distribution of wing twist and/or camber can provide significant benefits to aircraft performance, such as reduced vibration and noise, increased fuel efficiency. Elimination of traditional control surfaces such as flaps can lead to smoother wing surfaces which are especially important in reducing electromagnetic signature of the wings in military aircraft. In this research and development program, Materials Technologies Corporation (MTC) and its team members propose a three-dimensional warping concept in which the typically closed airfoil section is cut open to create a torsionally compliant mechanism that acts as its own amplification device without needing additional mechanisms whatsoever. Deformation of the airfoil is entirely controlled by out-of-plane warping, a purely geometric effect.

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