In response to escalating environmental concerns and stringent economic constraints, there
is an urgent need to develop aircraft technologies and configurations that substantially …

A recent consideration in aircraft design is the use of folding wing tips, with the aim of
enabling higher aspect ratio wings with less induced drag but also meeting airport gate …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0692. vid Civil airliners of the future
are set to use longer aspect ratio wings to reduce their induced drag. These lengthened …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0657. vid Recent studies have
considered the use of Flared Folding Wingtips (FFWTs) to enable higher aspect ratios …

A concept of growing interest in recent years is that of the Flared Folding Wingtip (FFWT),
which can be used in-flight to reduce airframe loading due to gust encounters and augment …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2569. vid A wind tunnel experiment
is presented that studies the static and dynamic aeroelastic behaviour of a``floating wingtip …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0378. vid Previous numerical and
experimental studies have shown the load alleviation capabilities of the flared folding …

There has been much recent interest in new aircraft configurations to enable improved fuel
efficiency. The concept of using flared folding wingtips (FFWT) to enable increased wing …

Recent studies have considered the use of Flared Folding Wingtips (FFWTs) to enable
higher aspect ratios-reducing overall induced drag-whilst reducing gust loading and …

Reducing the environmental impact of aviation is driving civil transport aircraft designs
toward longer, high-aspect-ratio wings with higher aerodynamic efficiency. However, high …