A shape-morphing ultralight structure using materials that dramatically increase the efficiency of load-bearing aerostructures that includes a programmable material system applied as a large-scale, ultralight, and conformable (shape-morphing) aeroelastic structure. The use of a modular, lattice-based, ultralight material results in stiffness and density typical of an elastomer. This, combined with a building block-based manufacturing and configuration strategy, enables the rapid realization of new adaptive structures and mechanisms. The heterogeneous design with programmable anisotropy allows for enhanced elastic and global shape deformation in response to external loading, making it useful for tuned fluid-structure interaction. The present invention demonstrates an example application experiment using two building block types for the primary structure of a 4.27 m wingspan aircraft with spatially programed elastic shape morphing to increase aerodynamic efficiency.
Elastic Shape Morphing of Ultra-light Structures by Programmable Assembly
2020-09-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / C08K Verwendung von anorganischen oder nichtmakromolekularen organischen Stoffen als Zusatzstoffe , USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES AS COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS / C08L COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS , Massen auf Basis makromolekularer Verbindungen |
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