Designing high aspect ratio wings: A review of concepts and approaches

Y Ma, A Elham - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to escalating environmental concerns and stringent economic constraints, there
is an urgent need to develop aircraft technologies and configurations that substantially …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic flexure hinges: Manufacturing and mechanical characterization for application in pressure-actuated morphing structures

P Meyer, M Vorhof, J Koord, C Sennewald… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shape-morphing structures based on pressure actuation promise efficiency gains and
performance improvements in aeronautics, but require complex three-dimensional …

Multidisciplinary optimization of high aspect ratio composite wings with geometrical nonlinearity and aeroelastic tailoring

M Ahmadi, T Farsadi - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a systematic numerical approach for the design and optimization of high
aspect ratio composite wings subjected to aerodynamic loads. The primary objective is to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical gust identification using deep learning models

K Lakshmanan, D Balatti, HH Khodaparast… - Applied Mathematical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying gusts and turbulence events is of primary importance for designing future gust
load alleviation systems, calculating airframe load, and analysing incidents. Due to the …

High aspect ratio composite wings: geometrically nonlinear aeroelasticity, multi-disciplinary design optimization, manufacturing, and experimental testing

T Farsadi, M Ahmadi, M Sahin, H Haddad Khodaparast… - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the field of aerospace engineering, the design and manufacturing of high aspect ratio
composite wings has become a focal point of innovation and efficiency. These long, slender …

Enhancing gust load alleviation performance in an optimized composite wing using passive wingtip devices: Folding and Twist approaches

M Ahmadi, T Farsadi, HH Khodaparast - Aerospace Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces an innovative numerical method for the design and optimization of
high-aspect-ratio composite wings equipped with passive control systems, specifically …

Aeroelastic Scaling of a High-Aspect-Ratio Wing Incorporating a Semi-Aeroelastic Hinge

H Gu, F Healy, L Constantin, D Rezgui, M Lowenberg… - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
There has been a growing interest in utilizing flared folding wingtips as an in-flight load
alleviation device to enable increased wing spans that meet airport gate limits but with little …

Nonlinear Aeroelastic Response Analysis of Wing with Flared Folding Wingtip

J Han, Z Wu, C Yang - Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The use of flared folding wingtip (FFWT) for load alleviation has been considered in recent
studies. Most studies analyzed FFWT based on the linear assumption and ignored the …

Coupled Aerodynamics–Structure Analysis and Wind Tunnel Experiments on Passive Hinge Oscillation of Wing-Tip-Chained Airplanes

Y Suenaga, K Suzuki - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study examines the wing hinge oscillations in an aircraft concept that employs multiple
wings, or small aircraft, chained at the wing tips through freely rotatable hinges with minimal …

Stochastic Aeroelastic Modeling Using Bayesian Inference

P Pandey, D Balatti, HH Khodaparast… - … conference on the …, 2023 - Springer
This study focuses on stochastic modelling of 2D aeroelastic model to quantify the
uncertainties in the parameters of aeroelastic models, specifically the plunging and torsional …