This document summarizes a project that aims to develop a system for actively controlling aircraft wing geometry during flight using shape memory alloy actuators. It presents the theoretical considerations for optimizing airfoil shapes at different flight conditions using computational fluid dynamics simulations. The experimental setup used a wing model with a flexible skin that can be modified in two points using the shape memory actuators. Preliminary tests showed the actuators can precisely control the skin position but respond more slowly to cooling than heating. Future work will involve closed-loop control testing in a wind tunnel.

1. Morphing Wing Control in Bench Test Andrei Vladimir Popov PhD student, Laboratory of Research in Active Controls, Avionics and AeroServoElasticity LARCASE, 1100 Notre-Dame West Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 1K3, Canada Lucian Grigorie Postdoctoral fellow , Laboratory of Research in Active Controls, Avionics and AeroServoElasticity LARCASE, 1100 Notre-Dame West Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 1K3, Canada Ruxandra Mihaela Botez Professor, Laboratory of Research in Active Controls, Avionics and AeroServoElasticity LARCASE, 1100 Notre-Dame West Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 1K3, Canada, Ruxandra@gpa.etsmtl.ca, CASI Member

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