Searched for: +
(1 - 20 of 123)

Pages

List view
Grid view
document
Tsatsas, I. (author), Georgopoulos, P. (author), Sodja, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
This paper presents an experimental investigation into the aeroelastic behavior of an innovative wind turbine design featuring a downwind two-blade rotor with a teetering hub mounted on a tower with adjustable tilt. The rotor model incorporates two sets of elastic blades—stiff and flexible—for scaling purposes, each instrumented with strain...
conference paper 2024
document
Carrillo Córcoles, X. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
This study explores the implementation of aeroelastic tailoring in the design of a regional aircraft featuring a strut-braced wing (SBW). Making use of the aeroelastic optimisation framework from Delft University of Technology, PROTEUS, the research addresses two distinct cases. The first case involves a simplified SBW geometry to validate the...
conference paper 2024
document
Maathuis, H.F. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author)
Design optimisation potentially leads to lightweight aircraft structures with lower environmental impact. Due to the high number of design variables and constraints, these problems are ordinarily solved using gradient-based optimisation methods, leading to a local solution in the design space while the global space is neglected. Bayesian...
conference paper 2024
document
Thonemann, Nils (author), Saavedra-Rubio, Karen (author), Pierrat, Eleonore (author), Dudka, Katarzyna (author), Bangoura, Mathilde (author), Baumann, Nils (author), Bentheimer, Christian (author), Caliandro, Priscilla (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
Hybrid-electric aircraft represent a promising solution for the urgent need to decarbonize short-haul flights and bolster aviation sustainability. Nevertheless, the realization of hybrid-electric aircraft demands rigorous environmental impact analysis, given the substantial investments, time, and research required for technology development....
journal article 2024
document
Mkhoyan, T. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
This research takes a further step towards the development of an autonomous aeroservoelastic wing concept with distributed flaps. The wing demonstrator, developed within the TU Delft SmartX project, aims to demonstrate in-flight performance optimization and multi-objective control using an over-actuated wing design. To address the challenges...
conference paper 2024
document
Carrillo Córcoles, X. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
Previous numerical and experimental studies have shown the load alleviation capabilities of the flared folding wingtip. However, they have also shown the complex dynamics of the system and the limitations in the results obtained by modeling such an aeroelastic system using linear models, which cannot capture the effects of the large wingtip...
conference paper 2023
document
Rahman, H. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author)
In this paper, an innovative design methodology is proposed to simultaneously optimize the size, layout, and number of stiffeners of a stiffened panel using a gradient-based optimizer. In the proposed method, CAD-based parameterization is used to parameterize the layout of the stiffeners. The location and orientation of each stiffener are...
conference paper 2023
document
Georgopoulos, P. (author), Sodja, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
In this paper, an innovative design methodology is proposed to simultaneously optimize the size, layout, and number of stiffeners of a stiffened panel using a gradient-based optimizer. In the proposed method, CAD-based parameterization is used to parameterize the layout of the stiffeners. The location and orientation of each stiffener are...
conference paper 2023
document
Jurisson, A. (author), Eussen, Bart (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
This paper proposes an extension to the traditional flight path reconstruction filter to simultaneously reconstruct the aircraft rigid body states together with modal amplitudes and velocities of the structure. To achieve this, the filter makes use of additional accelerometers, gyroscopes and strain gauges placed across the aircraft structure....
conference paper 2023
document
Vasudevan, S. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author)
This paper aims to explore the advantages offered by machine learning (ML) for dimensionality reduction of nonlinear transonic aerodynamics. Three ML techniques are evaluated in terms of their ability to generate interpretable low-dimensional manifolds of the transient pressure distributions over a NACA4412 airfoil equipped with a flap. These ML...
conference paper 2023
document
Carrillo Córcoles, X. (author), Mertens, C. (author), Sciacchitano, A. (author), van Oudheusden, B.W. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
This study presents an aeroelastic wind-tunnel experiment to identify the influence of the wing stiffness and hinge release threshold on the gust load alleviation performance of a folding wingtip design. Five models with different stiffness and tailoring properties are tested, and the wing root bending moment at different conditions is compared...
journal article 2023
document
Carrillo Córcoles, X. (author), Sodja, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
The ram air inlets flaps are used in some aircraft to modulate the amount of ram<br/>air cooling the Environmental Control System. The current flap design features two metallic plates connected with a hinge. The present work studies an alternative design that replaces the metallic plates with a single composite laminate with morphing...
conference paper 2023
document
Sinha, Kautuk (author), Alijani, F. (author), Krüger, Wolf R. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
Wing structures subjected to large deflections are prone to nonlinear load-deflection behavior. Geometric nonlinearities can arise due to the accompanying large rotations and in-plane deflections that manifest in the form of stiffening effects in the nonlinear static response. To account for these nonlinearities, reduced-order modeling...
journal article 2023
document
Schildkamp, R.R.M. (author), Chang, J. (author), Sodja, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author)
This paper proposes an incremental nonlinear control method for an aeroelastic system’s gust load alleviation and active flutter suppression. These two control objectives can be achieved without modifying the control architecture or the control parameters. The proposed method has guaranteed stability in the Lyapunov sense and also has...
journal article 2023
document
Ruland, Oscar (author), Mkhoyan, T. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author)
journal article 2023
document
Schildkamp, R.R.M. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author), Chang, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Sodja, J. (author)
This paper presents the development and initial characterization of an active, para- metric wing section with aileron and spoiler control surfaces. This wing section is intended to replace the currently used passive wing section setup and facilitate research in active con- trol techniques of aeroelastic phenomena such as flutter, gust load...
conference paper 2022
document
Schildkamp, R.R.M. (author), Chang, J. (author), Sodja, J. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author)
This paper proposes an incremental nonlinear control method for aeroelastic sys- tem gust load alleviation and active flutter suppression. These two control objectives can be achieved without modifying the control architecture or the control parameters. The proposed method has guaranteed stability in the Lyapunov sense and also has robustness...
conference paper 2022
document
De Breuker, R. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Bisagni, C. (author), Boneschansker, I. (author), Melkert, J.A. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Verdegaal, F.M. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Werij, H.G.C. (author)
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is one of eight faculties at Delft University of Technology. It is one of the most comprehensive academic and innovation communities worldwide focusing on aerospace engineering. Its 120 professors and 70 researchers are mentoring and teaching around 2,800 BSc/MSc students and more than 350 PhD candidates...
journal article 2022
document
Sun, B. (author), Mkhoyan, T. (author), van Kampen, E. (author), De Breuker, R. (author), Wang, Xuerui (author)
Morphing structures have acquired much attention in the aerospace community because they enable an aircraft to actively adapt its shape during flight, leading to fewer emissions and fuel consumption. Researchers have designed, manufactured, and tested a morphing wing named SmartX-Alpha, which can actively alleviate loads while achieving the...
journal article 2022
document
Jurisson, A. (author), Timmermans, Huub (author), Eussen, Bart (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)
A ground vibration test was conducted with a 1:3 scaled Diana 2 glider model where the modal parameters were estimated using the accelerometers, gyroscopes and strain gauges integrated in the test aircraft and validated using externally attached calibrated accelerometers and commercial software. These modal parameters were then used to update...
conference paper 2022
Searched for: +
(1 - 20 of 123)

Pages

List view
Grid view