The advancement in today's material science has driven composite materials to globally use
in aircraft design with its superiority in high structural stiffness and significant weight …

The conceptual design, build plan, and test plan of a flexible, flying wing aircraft, the
mAEWing2, has been accomplished. mAEWing2 is a 50% scaled aircraft based on the X …

A finite element model is developed to determine deformation and stresses on a composite
wing of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a tubercle design at the leading edge of the …

As aircraft wings become more flexible as a result of searching for more fuel efficient and
higher performance solutions, structural nonlinearities become more apparent. Geometric …

Finite element models have been used in many applications in aerospace, civil and
mechanical engineering for accurate response predictions for the product design. In the …

Abstract The NASA Performance Adaptive Aeroelastic Wing (PAAW) project goals include
significant reductions in fuel burn, emissions, and noise via efficient aeroelastic design and …

The presence of aeroservoelastic effects in the flight dynamics of flexible aircraft presents
significant challenges in terms of performance degradation and instability. In order to …

Experimental vibration testing is a common technique employed to identify modal
frequencies, mode shapes, and at times, modal damping. The identified data can then be …