Uncoupled method for static aeroelastic analysis

Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) analysis is often highly computationally expensive, making it infeasible to conduct iterative aeroelastic design studies or rigorous optimizations. This work develops a new method for that can be more efficient in the determination of final structure/fluid equilibrium configurations, especially during where attributes structure may altered but those flow are unchanged. In this scheme, referred as uncoupled static method, usual approach performing fluid and increments time coupled manner replaced by many fully decoupled, thus parallelizable, structural analyses. Surrogate modeling results enables analytical interpolation intersections between physical solution fields, such being proposed FSI analysis. Since result sets calculated stored separately, re-used without additional when considered modified (e.g., study), enabling solutions quickly obtained while avoiding expensive evaluations. demonstrated herein on three examples: (1) rigid baffle, (2) cantilevered deformable (3) an wing. For each, found via shown closely approximate solution. Parallelization evaluations required generate data significantly less compared scheme. • Uncoupled introduced studies. Parallelizable runs surrogate computing solutions. Assumptions coefficient pressure allows conditions. accurate demonstration problems.