In order to enhance aircraft efficiency designers are increasingly utilizing lightweight, high aspect ratio wing designs. This is because lower weight means less energy is required to keep the ...

Engineers found a way to help airplanes avoid stall with lightweight plastic flaps that flutter with pressure changes. The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ...

Aeroelasticity examines the mutual interplay between aerodynamic forces and structural flexibility, a field that has expanded considerably with the integration of nonlinear dynamics. The study of ...