Structure design and distributed actuators configuration of a parallel linkage morphing wing
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(1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, Liaoning, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System(Harbin Institute of Technology), Harbin 150001, China)

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    To improve the flight efficiency and multi-mission adaptability of aircraft, a morphing wing framework for both high and low speed conditions is designed, and the position optimization and quantity arrangement of distributed drivers inside the morphing wing are studied. Firstly, based on a wing rib swing mechanism, a parallel linkage morphing wing mechanism with variable chord length, variable sweep, variable area, and variable aspect ratio was designed. Taking element size as the parameter, the aspect ratio and degree of wing rib swing were analyzed to obtain the variation curve of wing parameters. Then, a structure unit that contains the wing skeleton, actuator and flexible skin was chosen as the research object. Equivalent spring stiffness of the flexible skin was measured by an experimental method. Based on the principle of virtual work, a quasi-static mechanical analysis method was adopted to obtain the mechanical model of structure unit. Taking the deformation of the unit as the objective optimization function, the optimal driver position and initial state of the skin were obtained by the Matlab optimization toolbox fmincon function, and the experimental verification was carried out. Lastly, Ansys was used to simulate the coupling effect of multi-unit mechanism motion and elastic deformation, and the final equilibrium state of the mechanism under the layout of multiple drivers was obtained. The detailed structure of the morphing wing is designed and the prototype is fabricated and assembled. The results show that the balanced deformation of wing is related to the driver layout and structural stiffness. When the structural stiffness of the mechanism is enhanced, the deformation caused by distributed actuator and single actuator converges to the ideal value. The distributed drive will maximize the deformation, which is more suitable for the wing with low stiffness structure. Prototype of morphing wing can realize continuous deformation.

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  • Received:November 06,2020
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