Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Peter Monner Associate Vice Chancellor for Engineering Head of Department of Adaptronics Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems German Aerospace Center (DLR) Braunschweig, Germany

Biography: Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Monner is the head of the Department Adaptronics at the Institute of Lightweight Systems of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Additionally, he has a professorship at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and gives lectures within the field of smart structures technologies, vibroacoustics and experimental mechanics. On European level his DLR department is strongly involved in many European projects, e.g. MANTA - Movables for Next generaTion Aircraft, SABRE – “Shape Adaptive Blades for Rotorcraft Efficiency”, GRETEL – “GREen Turboprop Experimental Laminar Flow Wind Tunnel Testing” or SENS4ICE - SENSors and certifiable hybrid architectures for safer aviation in ICing Environment”. He successfully completed the European project SADE “Smart High Lift Devices for Next Generation Wings” of which he was the project coordinator. Moreover, he is involved in different international networking activities, e.g. as part of the SciTech ASTC – “Adaptive Structures Technical Committee” or the ICAST – IOC “International Organizing Committee”.

 Topic: Morphing for Aeronautical Applications – Recent Results of DLR‘s Activities

Abstract: Morphing allows to smoothly change the shape of aerodynamical surfaces and this way to optimize the performance especially of aeronautical applications. Over the past decades morphing has been investigated nearly for every aerodynamical relevant part of typical transport aircraft, UAVs or helicopters. Within this plenary lecture some of the recent results at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for morphing of the droop nose, trailing edge, spoiler, jet inlet, compressor blades and rotor blades will be presented and discussed.