Airworthiness investigation of a highly nonplanar flexible wing concept

Klaus Seywald, Fabian Hellmundt, Andreas Wildschek, Florian Holzapfel

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Abstract

An Airbus Group Innovations toolchain being developed for the airworthiness assessment of innovative aircraft configurations in the early design stage was applied and tested on a highly nonplanar flexible wing concept, the C-wing. The toolchain is incorporating the steady and unsteady vortex lattice method coupled to a nonlinear beam model featuring automated preliminary structural sizing and weight estimation. A coupled flight dynamic aeroelastic flight simulation model is generated enabling both a fast and a real time simulation of the investigated configuration. A number of EASA CS-25 requirements are checked and assessed pointing out problems to be expected and assessing the feasibility of the concept with respect to aeroelasticity and flight dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2014
PublisherInternational Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
ISBN (Electronic)3932182804
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2014 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 7 Sep 201412 Sep 2014

Publication series

Name29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2014

Conference

Conference29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2014
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period7/09/1412/09/14

Keywords

  • Aeroelasticity
  • Flight dynamics
  • Flutter
  • Nonplanar wing

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