The paper details the research and corresponding implementation and testing steps of the
FLEXOP demonstrator aircraft. Within the EU funded project an unmanned demonstrator …

The flight testing, system identification, and model refinement of a flexible, flying wing
aircraft, the mAEWing2, has been accomplished with an emphasis on a research-through …

Advanced large-wing-span aircraft result in more structural flexibility and the potential for
instability or poor handling qualities. These shortcomings call for stability augmentation …

The D8 is a promising transport aircraft concept currently under development by Aurora
Flight Sciences, MIT and Pratt and Whitney. The design includes several novel design …

This paper presents a design optimization framework for minimizing the fuel weight of a
large N+ 3 aircraft by using both composite wings and multiple trailing-edge control …

As modern aircraft designs with flexible airframes become susceptible to dynamic coupling
between rigid body and structural modes, challenges in aircraft design, modeling, and …

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 …

Structural flexibility of advanced, large-wingspan aircrafts is a crucial factor which has huge
influence on the dynamics and stability of these vehicles. In case of a highly flexible wing …

This paper exhibits an instrumented flexible wing mockup demonstrating a wing shape
estimation technique for automatic structural/flight control of very flexible aircraft undergoing …