Aeroelastic Shape Control Using Fiber-Optic-Measured Strain Data and Multiple Control Surfaces

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The study shows how optical fiber sensors can be used experimentally for optimal wing performance. Fiber optic sensors are used to measure strains on a flexible wing due to air loads. These strain data are then translated to the deformed wing shape and used in a study that optimizes the deformed wing shape. Wing deformation is achieved with four control surfaces. The optimization algorithm is designed to maintain the wing deformations within a user-defined limit. It searches for the minimal overall control surface deflections that result in a constrained deformed wing shape that provides a required amount of lift.

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