System and method for actuating gas turbine engine components using integrated jamming devices

A system for actuating components of a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:

• a turbine component incorporating a jamming device, the jamming device including a bladder and a jammable media contained within the bladder, the jammable media being jammable within the bladder from an unjammed state, wherein a fluid is contained within the bladder, to a jammed state, wherein the fluid is at least partially evacuated from the bladder, the jamming device forms a portion of a side of the turbine component;
• and
• a fluid coupling in fluid communication with the bladder,
• wherein at least a portion of the turbine component is located at a first position when the jammable media is in the unjammed state, and wherein the at least a portion of the turbine component is located at a second position when the jammable media is in the jammed state.