Active flutter suppression, which is a part of the group of flight vehicle technologies known as
active controls, is an important contributor to the effective solution of aeroelastic instability …

Current economic constraints and environmental regulations call for design of more efficient
aircraft configurations. An observed trend in aircraft design to reduce the lift induced drag …

Flutter is a dynamic aeroelastic instability driven by the interaction of inertial, elastic, and
aerodynamic forces. It is an undesirable phenomenon in aircraft because it causes divergent …

Aeroelastic phenomena occur when aerodynamic and structural loads interact in an
unstable manner. This is a major concern in the design of modern high aspect ratio wing …

The Pazy wing aeroelastic benchmark is a highly flexible wind tunnel model investigated in
the Large Deflection Working Group as part of the Third Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop …

Abstract Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) enables one to reach a better solution
than by optimizing each discipline independently. In particular, the optimal structure of a …

Bifurcation analysis is a powerful method for studying the steady-state nonlinear dynamics of
systems. Software tools exist for the numerical continuation of steady-state solutions as …

The challenges of modeling flexible aircraft include appropriate fidelity capturing and
validation with experimental data. In fact, the validation of formulations and models for the …

This paper presents the development of a framework to directly size and optimize a structure
under dynamic loads with a special focus on enabling early aircraft design. Low degrees of …

Testing of untethered subscale models, often referred to as subscale flight testing, has
traditionally had a relatively minor, yet relevant use in aeronautical research and …