25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-4.7.5


SMART VORTEX GENERATOR USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY

T. Ikeda, S. Masuda, T. Miyasaka*, T. Ueda
Nagoya Univ., Japan; *Gifu Univ., Japan

Keywords: Vortex generator, Shape memory alloy, Smart structure

A new vortex generator design was proposed so as to be effective during take-off and landing and stowed during cruise by utilizing a function of shape memory alloys. Using our proposed constitutive-equation model of shape memory alloys, we showed that the vortex generator could work as we expected.


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