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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

IIT Madras researchers develop ‘morphing skin’ to prevent aircraft stalls

Chennai: What if aircraft wings could behave more like birds, adapting in real time to avoid dangerous stalls and even improving fuel efficiency.

Inspired by bird flight, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT,M) have developed a novel "morphing skin" concept that could fundamentally change how aircraft handle one of aviation's most critical risks, aerodynamic stall.

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