Thanks for the interesting thread, and of course, thanks for nearly taking down our server. I checked the router logs this afternoon with Prof. Lind and found that we had been slashdotted - DENIED.
Thankfully, we're still running and serving, most likely a result of the mirrors people have kindly setup.
Interesting comments in the thread, I particularly liked the one about our server morphing into a molten slag heap.
I've been studying the dynamics of morphing aircraft throughout my master's and PhD work. Granted we're not dealing with a solution to the morphing problem here. We've simply identified some interesting dynamic properties associated with gull-wing and other morphing types.
As for the use of hinges, we make no excuses for using 'antiquated' technology in place of piezoelectric actuators or other embedded actuators. The piezos require far more voltage than we can provide on the airplanes. The hinges work - every time. Besides, think of the skeletal structure of birds... don't they also use shoulder and elbow joints?
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Thanks for the interesting thread, and of course, thanks for nearly taking down our server. I checked the router logs this afternoon with Prof. Lind and found that we had been slashdotted - DENIED.
Thankfully, we're still running and serving, most likely a result of the mirrors people have kindly setup.
Interesting comments in the thread, I particularly liked the one about our server morphing into a molten slag heap.
I've been studying the dynamics of morphing aircraft throughout my master's and PhD work. Granted we're not dealing with a solution to the morphing problem here. We've simply identified some interesting dynamic properties associated with gull-wing and other morphing types.
As for the use of hinges, we make no excuses for using 'antiquated' technology in place of piezoelectric actuators or other embedded actuators. The piezos require far more voltage than we can provide on the airplanes. The hinges work - every time. Besides, think of the skeletal structure of birds... don't they also use shoulder and elbow joints?