Mechanical characterization of additively manufactured fiber-reinforced composites

RR Fernandes, AY Tamijani, M Al-Haik - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advancement in composite additive manufacturing allows the design of fiber placement
to tailor the performance (stiffness and strength) of the structure and reduce its weight …

[HTML][HTML] Gusts encountered by flying vehicles in proximity to buildings

A Mohamed, M Marino, S Watkins, J Jaworski, A Jones - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is a growing desire to operate Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments
for parcel delivery, and passenger-carrying air taxis for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The …

High-fidelity aerostructural optimization with a geometrically nonlinear flutter constraint

AC Gray, C Riso, E Jonsson, JRRA Martins… - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
When designing aircraft, avoiding dynamic aeroelastic instabilities such as flutter is a key
requirement. One way to meet this requirement is to use a multidisciplinary design …

Dynamic mode decomposition of the acoustic field in radial compressors

A Broatch, J García-Tíscar, F Roig, S Sharma - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Widely recognized since the beginning of air travel as a major issue, noise reduction
remains nowadays a pressing concern for all stakeholders in the aviation industry. While …

Geometrically nonlinear high-fidelity aerostructural optimization for highly flexible wings

AC Gray, JR Martins - AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0283. vid Over the past decade,
advances in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) have enabled the optimization of …

[HTML][HTML] On the effects of orthotropic materials in flutter protection of wind turbine flexible blades

AJ Torregrosa, A Gil, P Quintero, A Cremades - Journal of Wind …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decarbonization requirements have extended the use of wind turbines by orders of
magnitude. Due to their high stiffness-to-weight ratio, composite materials have been widely …

Multidisciplinary optimization of high aspect ratio composite wings with geometrical nonlinearity and aeroelastic tailoring

M Ahmadi, T Farsadi - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a systematic numerical approach for the design and optimization of high
aspect ratio composite wings subjected to aerodynamic loads. The primary objective is to …

Modal decomposition of the unsteady non-reactive flow field in a swirl-stabilized combustor operated by a Lean Premixed injection system

FJ Salvador, M Carreres, J García-Tíscar… - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work is focused on the numerical study of low-order coherent structures of a high-
swirled laboratory-scaled combustor operated by a Lean Premixed (LP) injection system in …

[HTML][HTML] Design and testing of aeroelastically tailored composite wing under fatigue and gust loading including effect of fatigue on aeroelastic performance

D Rajpal, FMA Mitrotta, CA Socci, J Sodja… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the paper is to experimentally validate a numerical design methodology for
optimizing composite wings subject to gust and fatigue loading requirements and to assess …

High-fidelity gradient-based wing structural optimization including geometrically nonlinear flutter constraint

E Jonsson, C Riso, BB Monteiro, AC Gray… - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Lightweight high-aspect-ratio wings make aircraft more energy efficient thanks to their lower
induced drag. Because such wings exhibit large deflections, design optimization based on …