Shaped Memory Actuators Under Test At Airbus

TOULOUSE—Airbus is evaluating an energy-saving, passively controlled engine nacelle cooling system as part of overall efforts to improve efficiency and reduce complexity in current and future propulsion systems. The passively actuated system opens and closes a scoop inlet in the engine casing that...

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