Active Aeroelastic Wing

Smart systems involve sensing changing conditions and activating some sort of response, usually with an actuator. A project known as Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, and Boeing Company, studied wing elasticity in a modi-... 

Modified F/A-18A used for the Active Aeroelastic Wing project [NASA, Jim Ross]... 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration successfully tests the Active Aeroelastic Wing. 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research. Available online. URL http //ims.iw.nasa. gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120314main FS-061-DFRC.pdf. Accessed May 28, 2009. This NASA report describes the results of the Active Aeroelastic Wing project. 

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