Efficient Computational Methods for Flexible Multibody Dynamic Systems with Aerodynamic Interactions
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Geometrically-nonlinear beam theories are key in the development of highly-optimised, next-generation aircraft with higher-aspect-ratio wings [1]. To understand the static and dynamic characteristics of such vehicles, one needs to couple composite beam formulations with appropriate aerodynamic models with arbitrary kinematics. This requires efficient computational methods starting with the flexible multibody dynamic description to reduce the numerical burden of solving the coupled geometrically-nonlinear equations of motion (EoM). Only then are such higher fidelity tools attractive (and applicable) in the preliminary design of more efficient aircraft and large offshore wind turbines.
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