Three flutter-suppression designs for a flexible flying-wing research drone are discussed, along with the modeling and flight-test results. The drone, with wing span of 10 feet, aspect …
The paper details the research and corresponding implementation and testing steps of the FLEXOP demonstrator aircraft. Within the EU funded project an unmanned demonstrator …
S Sehgal, H Kumar - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, damages as well as damping effects present in a structure have been identified through the use of a two-stage damped updating method. The structure was …
The flight dynamics, flutter, and control design for two flexible flying-wing research drones are discussed. The drones, with wing spans of 10 to 14 feet, aspect ratios of over 10, and …
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 …
B Sharqi, CES Cesnik - Journal of Aircraft, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
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 …
P Shi, F Liu, Y Gu, Z Yang - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
A flight test platform is designed to conduct an experimental study on the body freedom flutter of a BWB flying wing, and a flight test is performed by using the proposed platform. A …
This article presents a modal correlation and update carried out on an aeroelastic wind tunnel demonstrator representing a conventional passenger transport aircraft. The aim of …
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 …