Design and Analysis of a Distributed TRIC concept Seamless Smart Morphing Wing
Nisarg Thakrar (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
J. Sodja – Mentor (TU Delft - Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics)
T. Mkhoyan – Mentor (TU Delft - Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics)
R. De Breuker – Mentor (TU Delft - Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics)
More Info
expand_more
Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.
Abstract
This thesis embarked upon establishing and validating a design process to build and control a distributed TRIC concept seamless smart morphing wing to achieve simultaneous load alleviation, flutter suppression and drag minimization capabilities. A novel aeroelastic simulation tool was built to carry out composite wing skin optimization, with prototype testing carried out to design a flexible connection between modules. The work output was a fully built morphing wing which was successfully tested in the TU Delft Open Jet Facility. Control of the wing was partially made feasible through the development of a surrogate model of the system which was also validated with DIC testing.