Presented by

G KEERTHANA KRISHNAN
S7 AERONAUTICAL
 INTRODUCTION
Control morphing involves making relatively small
adjustments in the shape of the wing to control the aircraft
during flight. It eliminates the need for conventional control
surfaces such as ailerons and elevons.

It involves making major external shape changes such as span,

area and sweep to adapt to a changing mission during flight.
 The aim of such design is to develop a fleet of a single
type of morphing aircraft capable of fulfilling a variety
of missions and functions under various flight
conditions.
For example, the aircraft should have high aspect ratio
and low sweep angle for efficient low-speed flight, and
low aspect ratio and high sweep angle wing for high
speed flight. Therefore, in order to have the same
aircraft flying diverse missions, it should be capable of
making large shape change in an efficient manner.
 Morphing wing classification

Rotating selected segments or the whole wing

Telescopic
inflating selected components or the whole
wing.
 ROTATION
Morphing wing design can be achieved by the
rotation of either the whole wing or some
parts of the wing. It leads to variable dihedral
wings or variable sweep.
This design makes use of the outer panels of
the delta wing rotation downwards to control
wing length to depth ratio at both low
subsonic and supersonic speeds
Morphing wing configurations for high-lift,
climb , cruise , loiter and maneuver
 Telescopic
A telescopic wing is a device having one or
more segments of progressively smaller cross-
section. This kind of structure can change the
span and wing area, which is equivalent to
changing aerodynamic performance, by
extending and contracting wings. The
morphing configuration belongs to the two-
dimensional in-plane operation.
Span extension of telescopic wing design by
Virginia Tech
 Inflatable wings
Inflatable wings provide a solution with
packed volume more than 10 times smaller
than their deployed one.
It is important for UAVs to be able to stow
their wings and control surfaces into very
small volumes to allow gun launch or
packaging into aircraft mounted aerial drop
assemblies and rapid deployment on the
ground or in-flight..
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Aircraft morphing wing concepts with radical geometry change
Zheng min a , vu khac kien a & liew J.Y. Richard

In this paper briefly discuss about the types morphing wing concepts
and its applications. Morphing designs include rotating, sliding and
inflating based on shape change mechanisms. There should be a
balance between shape change and the penalties in cost, complexity
and weight. Final performance of the morphing aircraft depends
heavily on how such a balance is achieved.
Smart concepts for actuation system and its control in
a morphing wing
Mahmoud Mamou and Youssef Mebarki National Research Council, Ottawa,
Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada

In this paper briefly discuss about the types of actuation systems

development of an actuation control concept for a new
morphing wing mechanism using smart materials made of
Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) for the actuators and surface
mounted pressure sensors. These actuators modify the upper
wing surface, made of a flexible skin, so that the laminar-to-
turbulent transition point moves close to the wing airfoil trailing
edge.
Morphing Wing Mechanism Using an SMA Wire Actuator
Woo-Ram Kang*, Eun-Ho Kim**, Min-Soo Jeong* and In Lee***

In this research, a new flap morphing mechanism that can change the
wing shape smoothly .Moreover, a prototype wing was fabricated to
demonstrate the morphing mechanism. A shape memory alloy (SMA)
wire actuator was used for the morphing wing. The specific current
range was measured to control the SMA actuator. The deflection angles
at the trailing edge were also measured while various currents were
applied to the SMA actuator. The trailing edge of the wing changed
smoothly when the current was applied. Moreover, the deflection angle
also increased as the current increased. The maximum frequency level
was around 0.1 Hz. The aerodynamic performance of the deformed
airfoil by the SMA wire was analyzed by using the commercial
program GAMBIT and FLUENT. The results were compared with the
results of an un deformed wing.
 Inference
A first phase of this work involve the determination of some
optimized airfoils available flow conditions expressed in terms
of Mach numbers and angles of attack combinations.
Second Phase Is the Actuator system design
optimization of the number and positions of flexible skin actuation
points, establishment of each actuation lines architecture, and the
analytical modeling of the smart materials actuators used in this
application.
The next phase of the work was related to the design of the
actuation control. In this design, numerical simulations of the
open loop morphing wing integrated system, based on a SMA
non-linear analytical model were used first.