Development of an Active Wingtip for Aeroelastic Control

This paper presents the design of an innovative wingtip device actively actuated to control the aeroelastic loads, with a focus on the gust load alleviation. It summarizes the work carried out in the Clean Sky 2 AIRGREEN2 project, where the device was developed from scratch and reached a relevant te...

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Published in:	Aerospace
Main Authors:	Francesco Toffol, Sergio Ricci
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Subjects:	load control active wingtip gust load alleviation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/8/693

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