This paper presents an analysis of the interaction and trade-off between active aeroelastic
control and passive structural tailoring on a free-flying fully flexible aircraft model. Both …

In aircraft design, proper tailoring of composite anisotropic characteristics allows to achieve
weight saving while maintaining good aeroelastic performance. To further improve the …

Several modeling extensions and numerical improvements to the unsteady vortex-lattice
method are discussed for the simulation of very flexible aircraft dynamics. In particular …

Including a gust analysis in an optimization framework is computationally expensive as the
critical load cases are not known a priori and hence a large number of points within the flight …

In the development of electric aircraft, due to the use of Distributed Electric Propulsion
(DEP), not only the classic wing flutter but also the propeller whirl flutter needs to be …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-2455. vid This work presents
various improvements made to the Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method (UVLM) integrated into …

Application of the aeroelastic analysis and design framework developed at Delft University
of Technology to a design of two aeroelastically tailored composite wings for a flying …

Design optimisation offers the potential to develop lightweight aircraft structures with
reduced environmental impact. Due to the high number of design variables and constraints …

In line with recent advancements in aviation, which lead to more fuel-efficient aircraft, this
paper presents a novel continuous movable parameterisation methodology. The …

This research investigates the application of aeroelastic tailoring to enhance the post-control
surface reversal regime on a mid-range aircraft. Conventionally, active Maneuver Load …