Structural Design and Analysis of a Kinematic Mechanism for a Morphing Hyper-Elliptic Cambered Span (HECS) Wing

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dc.contributor.authorWiggins, Leonard D. IIIen
dc.contributor.committeechairRobertshaw, Harry H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberInman, Daniel J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWest, Robert L. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReinholtz, Charles F.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T14:44:52Zen
dc.date.adate2004-01-13en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T14:44:52Zen
dc.date.issued2003-12-17en
dc.date.rdate2004-01-13en
dc.date.sdate2004-01-06en
dc.description.abstractThe HECS wing was developed by NASA Langley Research Center and has a nonplanar, hyper-elliptically swept leading and trailing edge as well as spanwise camber. For this wing, the leading and trailing edges are swept back according to a hyper-elliptical equation. The span of the wing is also defined with hyper-elliptical anhedral giving it nonplanar spanwise camber. A single-degree-of-freedom mechanism is developed to provide a means for the wing to continuously change shape from its nonplanar to planar configuration. The mechanism uses a repeating quaternary-binary link configuration to translate motion from one segment to the next. A synthesis of the mechanism is performed, such that with one input to the first segment of the chain, the other wing segments move into their desired positions. Linear aerodynamic theory is applied to the HECS wing configuration at certain morphed positions in order to predict the aerodynamic loads. This work performs a linear static analysis of the mechanism at different morphed positions. A finite element representation of the mechanism as a structure is developed. Using the predicted aerodynamic loads, a structural analysis is performed. The analysis investigates different materials and cross sections of the members to determine a need for redesign due to failure from buckling and bending stress. From the analysis of the mechanism, a design is finalized which lightens the structure as well as increases the strength. These results are beneficial for the next phase of model development of the mechanism.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01062004-145409en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01062004-145409en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9668en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLDW_Thesis_2003.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectstructural analysisen
dc.subjectkinematicsen
dc.subjectHECS wingen
dc.subjectmorphing wingen
dc.subjectFEAen
dc.titleStructural Design and Analysis of a Kinematic Mechanism for a Morphing Hyper-Elliptic Cambered Span (HECS) Wingen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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