Mr Ed Wheatcroft
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25/04/2025Wind Tunnel Testing of a Passive Gust Load Alleviation Spoiler
AIAA Journal
A Passively Actuated Spoiler Using Sequential Interacting Instabilities
From sea sponge to space
A Fully Passive Pop-up Leading Edge Spoiler for Gust Load Alleviation
Experimental Validation of Sequential Instabilities for Actuating Aerodynamic Surfaces
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