Development of an aeroelastic analysis tool for structural sizing of high-lift devices during preliminary design

The design of complex aircraft elements such as high-lift devices has large influence on the performance of modern transport airplanes. At the cost of increased wing weight, these devices are included in the wing to ensure safe takeoff and landing. In order to meet sustainability challenges on future air transportation systems, high-lift devices...

Energy-based aeroelastic analysis of a morphing wing

Aircraft are often confronted with distinct circumstances during different parts of their mission. Ideally the aircraft should fly optimally in terms of aerodynamic performance and other criteria in each one of these mission requirements. This requires in principle as many different aircraft configurations as there are flight conditions, so...