The Unsteady Vortex-Lattice Method provides a medium-fidelity tool for the prediction of non-stationary aerodynamic loads in low-speed, but high-Reynolds-number, attached flow conditions. Despite a proven track record in applications where free-wake modelling is critical, other less-computationally-expensive potential-flow models, such as the Doublet-Lattice Method and strip theory, have long b...

Our objective is to develop a nonlinear aerodynamic and nonlinear structural interaction (NANSI) methodology as an expedient aeroelastic tool to handle continuous dynamic motion of morphing vehicles/wings throughout the flight regimes of subsonic to transonic speeds. The proposed morph vehicles for method demonstration is the Lockheed Folding wing (the Folding wing). Preliminary results on Flut...

Purpose This paper aims to develop an efficient evaluation method more intuitively and effectively investigate the influence of wing fuel mass variations because burn on transonic aeroelasticity. Design/methodology/approach The proposed aeroelastic is developed by extending standard computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)/reduced order model (ROM). Finding...

The present research investigates the torsional aeroelasticity of the blade of an H-type vertical axis wind turbine subject to stall and post-stall conditions in various Reynolds regimes, which is experienced by the blade in a full revolution. In order to simulate the aerodynamics, a new model based on a combination of the Double Multi Streamtubes (DMST) model and the nonlinear multi-criteria C...

This paper gives a status report and describes the future work directions of a systematic research effort to develop and validate methods for structural sizing of an airframe designed with the use of composite materials and active controls. This research program includes procedures for computing aeroelastic loads, static and dynamic aeroelasticity, analysis and synthesis of active controls, and...