An efficient implementation of aeroelastic tailoring based on efficient computational fluid dynamics-based reduced order model. (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Dongfeng; Gong, Chunlin; Da Ronch, Andrea; Chen, Gang; Li, Yueming
• Is Part Of: Journal of fluids and structures. Volume 84(2019)
• Page Start: 182
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: Aeroelastic tailoring -- Aeroelastic characteristics evaluation method -- CFD-based POD/ROM -- Structural dynamic reanalysis method; Fluid-structure interaction -- Periodicals; Fluid mechanics -- Periodicals; Structural dynamics -- Periodicals; Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Periodicals; 620.106
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2018.10.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0889-9746

Abstract

Abstract: Current and future trends in the aerospace industry leverage on the potential benefits provided by lightweight materials that can be tailored to realize desired mechanical characteristics when loaded. For aircraft design, the deployment of aeroelastic tailoring is hindered by the need to re-compute, for any possible modification of the structure, the dependence of the aerodynamic field on the underlying structural properties. To make progress in this direction, the work presents a rapid computational fluid dynamics based aeroelastic tool which is built around a reduced order model for the aerodynamics that is updated for any modification of the structure by using the structural dynamics reanalysis method. The aeroelastic tailoring tool is demonstrated in transonic flow for the AGARD 445.6 wing, suitably modified with composite materials. It was found that the proposed method provides accurate engineering predictions for the aeroelastic response and stability when the structure is modified from the baseline model.