Transonic Aerodynamic Load Modeling of X-31 Aircraft Pitching Motions

Aerodynamic and Structural Optimisation of Powerplant Integration under the Wing of a Transonic Transport Aircraft

Multi-disciplinary optimisation (MDO) of the outboard engine pylon of a large transonic transport aircraft is reported in this paper. The disciplines involved were structure and aerodynamics, although this paper focuses on the aerodynamic aspect. A two-level strategy was followed to solve this problem: three parameters are identified as playing a coupling role between disciplines and are addres...

+ Full - Envelope Aerodynamic Modeling of the Harrier Aircraft

The status of an ongoing project to identify a full-envelope model of the YAV-8B Harrier using flight-test and parameter identification techniques is described. As part of the research in advanced control and display concepts for V/STOL aircraft, a full-envelope aerodynamic model of the YAV-8B will be identified. Mathematical model structures and parameter identification methods that are being ...

Oblique Wing: Future Generation Transonic Aircraft

Aerodynamic Optimization of Transonic Wing Design Based on Evolutionary Algorithm

Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) is applied to a practical three-dimensional shape optimization for aerodynamic design of an aircraft wing. Aerodynamic performances of the design candidates are evaluated by using the three-dimensional compressive Navier-Stokes equations. A structural constraint is introduced to avoid an apparent solution of zero thickness wing for low drag in high speeds. To overcom...

Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Technique for Transonic Unsteady Aerodynamic Flows

A new method for constructing reduced-order models (ROM) of unsteady small-disturbance  ows is presented. The reduced-order models are constructed using basis vectors determined from the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) of an ensemble of small-disturbance frequency-domain solutions. Each of the individual frequencydomain solutions is computed using an efŽ cient time-linearized  ow solver...