Recent developments in the aeroelasticity of morphing aircraft

RM Ajaj, MS Parancheerivilakkathil… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive review of the developments in the aeroelasticity of
morphing aircraft that occurred in the last decade (from 2009 to 2020). It focuses mainly on …

Bioinspired artificial hair sensors for flight-by-feel of unmanned aerial vehicles: a review

AC Hollenbeck, R Grandhi, JH Hansen, AM Pankonien - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Flight-by-feel is an emerging approach to flight control that uses distributed arrays of
pressure, strain, and flow sensors to guide aircraft. Among these, hair-type flow sensors …

Robust gust load alleviation of flexible aircraft equipped with lidar

H Fournier, P Massioni, M Tu Pham, L Bako… - Journal of Guidance …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
This work concerns the problem of gust load alleviation of a flexible aircraft by focusing on
Airbus's XRF1 aircraft concept, with a fully actuated wing. The aircraft is equipped with a …

Robust gust load alleviation at different flight points and mass configurations

H Fournier, P Massioni, MT Pham, L Bako… - AIAA SciTech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0285. vid This work studies the
gust load alleviation of a flexible aircraft equipped with a lidar sensor that measures the wind …

Review of microscale flow-sensor-enabled mechanosensing in small unmanned aerial vehicles

A Mark, Y Xu, BT Dickinson - Journal of Aircraft, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
SMALL unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs) are “unmanned aerial vehicles small enough to
be man-portable”[1] and weigh less than 25 kg [2]. Their salient features include light weight; …

Active control of origami inspired camber morphing airfoil for gust load alleviation

KT Magar, K Fuchi… - Smart Materials …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An origami design pattern is integrated to an active control system through camber morphing
for vibration suppression and gust load alleviation in a typical wing section. Origami design …

A combined experimental and numerical study on aerodynamic load reduction for a swept wing by using jets

F Deng, H Wang, C Xue, N Qin - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a combined experimental and numerical investigation on aerodynamic
load reduction through steady blowing on the suction surface of a swept wing. In the …

Gust prediction via artificial hair sensor array and neural network

AM Pankonien, KST Magar, RV Beblo… - A Tribute Conference …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Gust Load Alleviation (GLA) is an important aspect of flight dynamics and control that
reduces structural loadings and enhances ride quality. In conventional GLA systems, the …

Aerodynamic parameter prediction via artificial hair sensors with signal power in turbulent flow

KT Magar, AM Pankonien, GW Reich, RV Beblo - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Spatiotemporal surface flow information obtained from distributed arrays of bioinspired hair
sensors are capable of predicting the real-time aerodynamic parameters (ie, lift, moment …

Aeroelastic reduced-order modeling and active control of flexible aircraft

H Fournier - 2023 - hal.science
This thesis deals with the aeroelastic modeling of an aircraft, and its active control. By using
the aircraft's control surfaces appropriately, it is possible to reduce loads due to wind gusts …