Flying on flexible wings

被引：5

作者：

Ashley, S

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来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2003年 / 289卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican1103-84

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The development of flexible aircraft wings, using cables and pulleys to modify wing lift to control rolling motions by the Wright brothers is presented. The investigation of lightweight, flexible wings that could be twisted (using forces generated by leading-edge wing flaps) to boost the performance of modern aircraft is also discussed. It was found that airplanes may radically alter wing shape as needed to better handle changing flying conditions, thus mimicking avian flight.

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页码：84 / 91

页数：8

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