Hinge front-loading

A methodology to enable the near instantaneous selection of an optimal hinge

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

A.H. Alglave Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

G. la Rocca Flight Performance and Propulsion - Aerospace Engineering (supervisor 1)
Tobie van den Berg Fokker Aerostructures (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2019 Arthur Alglave
Fokker KBE MDO Front-loading Hinge Rudder
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Published Date

25-01-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

In the aerospace industry, demanding time constraints make it practically impossible to fully explore the design space of aircraft movable surfaces. The hinges, located at the interface of the movable surface, require a time-consuming analysis. This thesis presents a methodology enabling the near instantaneous selection of an optimal hinge. An efficient, multi-objective optimization method is developed. This method is used over a range of different requirements to create a database of optimal hinges. This database is used to enable the selection of the optimal hinge "off-the-shelf" during the movable surface design. This thesis resulted in an improvement of the hinge design methodology, in terms of fidelity, run-time and scalability.