@inproceedings{dbc35c83b7fa4e988b6a24d91da201fb,
title = "The application of residual stress tailoring of snap-through composites for variable sweep wings",
abstract = "In this paper an alternative design for variable sweep wings is investigated. It consists of a two-spar, CFRP (carbon fibres reinforced plastics) wing, with truss-like ribs. The spar-web is a shell structure laminated using an unsymmetric stack sequence in order to take advantage of the residual stress field developed during the curing process, resulting in increased transverse curvature of the spar. The effect of this curvature is twofold: to increase the moment of inertia to withstand bending stresses and, under certain loading conditions, to behave like an elastic hinge to allow the sweep angle of the wing to change.",
author = "F. Mattioni and A. Gatto and Weaver, {P. M.} and Friswell, {M. I.} and Potter, {K. D.}",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.2514/6.2006-1972",
language = "English",
isbn = "1563478080",
series = "Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.",
pages = "4607--4618",
booktitle = "Collection of Technical Papers - 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference",
note = "47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference ; Conference date: 01-05-2006 Through 04-05-2006",
}