Conceptual Design of an Airfoil with Temperature-Responsive Polymer

The accelerated growth in aircraft industries desire
effectual schemes, programs, innovative designs of advanced systems
and facilities to accomplish the augmenting need for home-free air
transportation. In this paper, a contemporary conceptual design of a
cambered airfoil has been proposed in order to providing augmented
effective lift force relative to the airplane, and to eliminating
drawbacks and limitations of an airfoil in a commercial airplane by
using a kind of smart materials. This invention of an unsymmetrical
airfoil structure utilizes the amplified air momentum around the
airfoil and increased camber length to providing improved aircraft
performance and assist to enhancing the reliability of the aircraft
components. Moreover, this conjectured design helps to reducing
airplane weight and total drag.





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