Flutter and post-flutter constraints in aircraft design optimization

E Jonsson, C Riso, CA Lupp, CES Cesnik… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Reduced order unsteady aerodynamic modeling for stability and control analysis using computational fluid dynamics

M Ghoreyshi, A Jirásek, RM Cummings - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent advances and challenges in the generation of reduced order aerodynamic models
using computational fluid dynamics are presented. The models reviewed are those that can …

Buffet-onset constraint formulation for aerodynamic shape optimization

GKW Kenway, JRRA Martins - AIAA Journal, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
High-fidelity computational modeling and optimization of aircraft configurations have the
potential to enable engineers to create more efficient designs that require fewer unforeseen …

Harmonic BalanceMethods: A Review and Recent Developments

Z Yan, H Dai, Q Wang, SN Atluri - 2023 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
The harmonic balance (HB) method is one of the most commonly used methods for solving
periodic solutions of both weakly and strongly nonlinear dynamical systems. However, it is …

Bifurcation-Diagram-Free Postflutter Response Constraint for Design Optimization

C Riso, CES Cesnik, BI Epureanu - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper introduces a new metric to constrain postflutter responses of aeroelastic systems
in design optimization. The new metric aggregates the recovery rate to equilibrium for a …

ICSFoam: An OpenFOAM library for implicit coupled simulations of high-speed flows

S Oliani, N Casari, M Carnevale - Computer Physics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
When a strong coupling between the equations of a specific physical problem exists,
segregated solvers are likely to struggle or fail in finding the solution to the equation system …

Efficient forced response minimization using a full-viscosity discrete adjoint harmonic balance method

H Wu, M Yang, D Wang, X Huang - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A forced response induced by inlet distortion and blade row interactions can lead to high-
cycle fatigue failure, especially when the unsteady excitation frequency is close to the …

Nonlinear dynamics of fully developed swirling jets

CM Douglas, BL Emerson, TC Lieuwen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
This paper characterises the steady and time-periodic behaviour of swirling jets using
numerical bifurcation analysis. Its objective is to elucidate the dynamics of fully developed …

Output-based flutter bifurcation forecasting in nonlinear fluid-structural systems with multiple varying parameters

C Riso, CES Cesnik, BI Epureanu - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
High-performance flutter and post-flutter predictions are critical in the design of a vast range
of nonlinear fluid-structural systems. However, these predictions are often unfeasible due to …

A novel approach for flutter prediction of pitch–plunge airfoils using an efficient one-shot method

H Li, K Ekici - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the one-shot method previously developed for the solution of limit cycle
oscillation problems is extended to predict flutter boundaries of aeroelastic systems. In …