Dr.

AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

[An Autonomous Institution, affiliated to VTU, Belgaum and Aided by Government of Karnataka]
Near Jnana Bharathi Campus, Mallathalli, Bangalore-560056

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Project work (18AEP78)
Major Project - Phase 1
Report on
“DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF MORPHING WING FOR ACCURATE SHAPE
CONTROL”

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree
Of

Bachelor of Engineering
In

Aeronautical Engineering

Submitted By
MONISHA V 1DA20AE009
AKSHAY KUMAR B 1DA21AE402
SAHANA R 1DA21AE417
SANGAMESH M SHETTAR 1DA21AE418

Under The Guidance Of

Dr. KUMARA. T
Assistant professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi

2023 – 2024
 Dr. AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
[An Autonomous Institution, affiliated to VTU, Belgaum and Aided by Government of Karnataka]
Near Jnana Bharathi Campus, Mallathalli, Bangalore-560056

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

Certified that Mini project work (18AEP78) entitled “DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF MORPHING
WING FOR ACCURATE SHAPE CONTROL” is carried out by the following students of
Aeronautical Engineering in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
Aeronautical Engineering at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology during the academic year
2023-2024. It is certified that all corrections/suggestions indicated during internal assessment have
been incorporated in the Project Report.

Sl. No. USN No. Name of Candidate

01 1DA20AE009 MONISHA V
02 1DA21AE402 AKSHAY KUMAR B
03 1DA21AE417 SAHANA R
04 1DA21AE418 SANGAMESH M SHETTAR

Dr. Kumara T Dr. T. N. Raju Dr. C Nanjundaswamy

Assistant professor ,Dept of AE HOD, Dept of AE Principal, Dr AIT
Dr AIT Bengaluru-560056 Dr AIT Bengaluru-560056 Dr AIT Bengaluru-560056

External viva:

Sl.No. Name of the Examiner Signature with Date

01.
02.

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 DECLARATION

We, Monisha V, Akshay Kumar B, Sahana R, Sangamesh M Shettar, the students of

the 7th semester, Aeronautical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology,
Bangalore, do hereby declare that the project entitled “DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF
MORPHING WING FOR ACCURATE SHAPE CONTROL” has been carried out
by our project group, under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Kumara .T, Assistant
Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of
Technology, Bengaluru and submitted in the partial fulfillment for the award of degree
of Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering.

Place: Bengaluru Name and Signature of

Students

Date: MONISHA V

AKSHAY KUMAR B

SAHANA R

SANGAMESH M SHETTAR

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The satisfaction and euphoria that accompanies the successful completion of any task would be
incomplete without the mention of the people who made it possible. First of all, we would like to
thank Dr.C.Nanjundaswamy, Principal, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, for permitting to do
this project work and providing the facilities.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. TN Raju, Professor and Head of Department of
Aeronautical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for his support.

We would like to express our profound thanks to project coordinator Mr. C M Vigneswaran, Assistant
Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering for the unwavering support during the course of
this Project.

We pay out profound gratefulness and express our deepest gratitude to our project guide Dr. Kumara.
T, Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering for his suggestions, guidance and lots
of support and cooperation right from the start of our project work.

It is our pleasure to acknowledge the cooperation extended by teaching staff and nonteaching staff
members of Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for the
encouragement during project work. Finally, it gives immense pleasure to acknowledge the
cooperation extended by family members, friends for the encouragement during this Project Work.

MONISHA V 1DA20AE009

AKSHAY KUMAR B 1DA21AE402

SAHANA R 1DA21AE417

SANGAMESH M SHETTAR 1DA21AE418

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 Table of contents

Chapter Topic Page No.

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1 WING MORPHING 1

1.1 HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF WING MORPHING 1

1.2 MORPHING WING CONCEPT 2

1.2.1 Aerodynamics of Morphing Wing 3

1.2.2 Variable sweep morphing wing 4

1.2.3 Morphing leading edge 4

1.2.4 Morphing trailing edge 6

1.2.5 Airfoil morphing wing 7

1.2.6 Variable camber 7

1.2.7 Applications of wing morphing 8

2 LITERATURE REVIEW 10

2.1 AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS 10

2.2 ANALYSIS OF MORPHING WING 13

2.3 WING DESIGN 15

3 RESEARCH GAP 17

4 OBJECTIVES 19

4.1 SELECTING IDEAL MORPHING TECHNOLOGY FOR 19

FISHBONE WING DESIGNS

4.2 SELECTION OF NACA AIRFOIL PROFILE AND 19

DIMENSIONS
4.3 INTEGRATION OF FISH BONE MORPHING WING WITH 19
ACTUATION MECHANISMS

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 4.4 VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR FISH 19
BONE MORPHING WINGS
5 METHODOLOGIES

5.1 LITERATURE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS 21

5.2 SELECTION OF NACA AIRFOIL PROFILE AND 21

DIMENSIONS
5.3 INTEGRATION OF FISH BONE MORPHING WING WITH 21
ACTUATION MECHANISMS

5.4 VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR FISH 22

BONE MORPHING WINGS

6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 25

6.1 MODELING 23

6.2 DESIGN OF FISH BONE WING 25

THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NACA 0012, 2412, AND 8410 25

AIRFOILS
7 CONCLUSION 32

8 REFERENCES 33

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE DESCRIPTION PAGE

No. No.

Fig 1.1 Classification for shape morphing 3

Fig 1.2 Morphing Wing 3

Fig 2.1 Aerodynamic coefficients of conventional and morphing 11

wings (Zi KAN., 2020)

Fig. 5.1 line diagram of NACA 0012 airfoil 27

Fig. 5.2 CAD model of NACA 0012 airfoil 27

Fig. 5.3 CAD model of NACA 0012 airfoil in rib structure 28

Fig. 5.4 line diagram of NACA 2412 airfoil 28

Fig. 5.5 CAD model of NACA 2412 airfoil 29

Fig. 5.6 CAD model of NACA 2412 airfoil in rib structure 29

Fig. 5.7 line diagram of NACA 8410 airfoil 30

Fig. 5.8 CAD model of NACA 8410 airfoil 30

Fig. 5.9 CAD model of NACA 8410 airfoil in rib structure 30

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE No. DESCRIPTION PAGE No.

Table 6.1 Dimensions of the NACA 0012, 2412, and 26

8410 Airfoils

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 ABSTRACT

The aim of this work is to illustrate a new wing morphing concept and to compare its

performance with the conventional wing-flap configuration. While there is no formal

definition for the word “morphing”, it is usually considered to mean large shape change or

transfiguration. In the field of aeronautics, “shape morphing” has been used to identify

those aircraft that undergo significant geometrical changes to enhance or adapt to their

mission profiles. This investigation aims to find out more about non-conventional solutions

over the classical wing structural design. The main goal in this research is to replace the

ordinary wing structure adopted on a model aircraft with a new morphing wing. In this way,

aerodynamic performances during different flight conditions may be improved thanks to

the prevention of typical aerodynamic losses caused by geometrical discontinuities in

conventional designs.

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