VitAM-Flex—Computational Modelling and Simulation to Study Effects of Elastic Aircraft Structures on Flight Physics

Andreas Hermanutz, Mirko Hornung

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Abstract

Different computational approaches to predict aircraft loads and aeroelastic responses based on industry-relevant demonstration examples are presented. To reduce computational efforts, methods to establish a structural reduced-order model and its applicability for flexible aircraft configurations are studied. To gain a better understanding of the underlying flight physics, higher-order aeroelastic modelling approaches are used through coupled CFD-CSM techniques. Lastly, the impact of nonlinearities owing to large deformations on the prediction accuracy when using state-of-the-art flutter prediction methods is analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNotes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages161-180
Number of pages20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameNotes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
Volume155
ISSN (Print)1612-2909
ISSN (Electronic)1860-0824

Keywords

  • Aeroelasticity
  • Aircraft structural design
  • Computational flutter analysis
  • Reduced order model

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