Aerospace Engineering (PhD)

“博士项目的目标是设计一种使用被动驱动变形结构的气动载荷减缓装置。这个想法是被动地“检测”当结构上的气动载荷达到一个临界阈值。此时，装置必须快速且可逆地改变形状（折断）以减少整个结构上的负载。飞机机翼是一个明显的候选人被动载荷减缓。然而，被动驱动形状自适应结构的原理可以应用于任何受到气动载荷的结构，如风力涡轮机和车辆。"

"The objective of the PhD project is to design an aerodynamic load alleviation device using passivelyactuated morphing structures. The idea is to passively 'detect' when the aerodynamic loading on thestructure reaches a critical threshold. At this point the device must quickly and reversibly change shape(snap) to reduce the load on the overall structure. Aircraft wings are an obvious candidate for passiveload alleviation. However, the principle of passively actuated shape-adaptive structures could beapplied to any structure subjected to aerodynamic loading, such as wind turbines and vehicles."