[en] There is a consensus in the aerospace research community that future aircraft will be more flexible and their wings will be more highly loaded. While this development is likely to increase aircraft efficiency, it poses several aeroelastic questions. Current aeroelastic tailoring practice for early preliminary aircraft design relies on linear aerodynamic modeling, unable to predict shocks. On the other hand, nonlinear solvers, although they provide a wide range of functionality and are reliable, often consist in monolithic code structures and cannot be efficiently coupled to external structural mechanics codes. They are therefore usually not readily usable for coupled fluid-structure interaction computations.
The objective of the present work is to carry out aerodynamic and static aeroelastic computations in the context of preliminary aircraft design. To this end, an open-source, fast and reliable, unstructured finite element, Full Potential solver has been developed. Preliminary results are presented and show a significant improvement over the classical linear potential method and are in good agreement with higher fidelity nonlinear solvers.
Research Center/Unit :
A&M - Aérospatiale et Mécanique - ULiège
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Crovato, Adrien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Boman, Romain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique
Güner, Hüseyin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Dimitriadis, Grigorios ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Terrapon, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Modélisation et contrôle des écoulements turbulents
Almeida, Hugo; Embraer S.A.
Prado, Alex; Embraer S.A.
Breviglieri, Carlos; Embraer S.A.
Cabral, Pedro; Embraer S.A.
Silva, Gustavo; DLR German Aerospace Center
Language :
English
Title :
A Full Potential Static Aeroelastic Solver for Preliminary Aircraft Design
Publication date :
2019
Event name :
18th International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics
Event place :
Savannah, United States
Event date :
from 9-06-2019 to 13-06-2019
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the 18th International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD2019)
Publisher :
International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics
Peer reviewed :
Editorial reviewed
Tags :
CÉCI : Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif
Funders :
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture
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