Fly like a bird

被引：22

作者：

Colozza, Anthony ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Analex Corp, Fairfax, VA USA

[2] NASA, Glenn Res Ctr, Cleveland, OH USA

来源：

IEEE SPECTRUM | 2007年 / 44卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

(Edited Abstract);

D O I：

10.1109/MSPEC.2007.352531

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

With funding from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, in Atlanta, a team of researchers have been investigating for the past seven years a flapping-wing plane that is ultraslim, unmanned, solar-powered and made of strong, lightweight materials. The plane's body and wings would consist of a plasticlike material called an ionic polymer-metal composite that deform when exposed to an electric field. On top of the composite wings would be paper-thin sheets of photovoltaic material and lithium-ion batteries layered on by thin-film deposition. The solid-state aircraft's potential uses include gathering scientific data, relaying communications and surveying terrain to name a few.

引用

页码：38 / 43

页数：6