Method and apparatus for controlling a shape of a composite structure. A shape memory structure associated with the composite structure is activated. The shape memory structure changes from a buckled shape to an original shape and causes the composite structure to change from an undeployed shape to a deployed shape. The shape memory structure is deactivated. The shape memory structure changes from the original shape to the buckled shape in response to a load from the composite structure and causes the composite structure to change from the deployed shape to the undeployed shape.
Shape Memory Alloy Actuator System for Composite Aircraft Structures
2016-08-11
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Shape memory alloy actuator system for composite aircraft structures
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR SYSTEM FOR COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES
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