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| Design of Morphing Trailing Edge Based on Corrugated Structure With#br# Displacement Constraints |
| YIN Weilong, HUANG Xin, ZHANG Jiasen, WANG Ruojun, FAN Luyao |
| Institute of Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China |
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Abstract In morphing aircraft, achieving smoothness, continuity, and seamless connection of wing surfaces during deformation remains a major challenge in structural design. To address the issue of wrinkling that frequently occurs in conventional flexible skins under compression, this paper proposes a corrugated flexible morphing framework with displacement constraints. Firstly, considering the bending-compression coupling inherent in traditional corrugated structures, a novel corrugated configuration is designed by introducing displacement constraints at critical locations, which effectively suppresses compression-induced deformation during bending. Taking into account the anisotropic characteristics of the structure, it is simplified into a beam-element model, and a chain-based algorithm is developed to establish a largedeformation computational method under displacement constraints. The mechanical responses of the structure under flexible skin constraints and uniformly distributed loads are further analyzed. Finally, a prototype of a morphing trailing edge based on the proposed corrugated structure is fabricated and experimentally validated. The results demonstrate that the trailing-edge structure achieves large deformation of up to ±20°, while maintaining good surface smoothness and continuity throughout the morphing process, with no local buckling observed in the flexible skin. This design provides a new theoretical basis and engineering pathway for the design and optimization of flexible trailing-edge structures.
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| PACS: V224 |
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