Abstract
A numerical static aeroelastic analysis procedure, applying a modal approach in coupling the fluid dynamic and structural solutions, is presented. The method is based on a preliminary structural modal analysis from which a number of natural modes is selected to be used in the creation of a fluid dynamic domain morphing criterion. The mesh is made parametric on modal coordinates and updated using a mesh morphing tool based on radial basis functions (RBF) within the progress of the fluid dynamic computation. An intrinsically elastic numerical model is then created, and no further iteration with the structural solver is required. The modal forces are extracted by integrating the pressure on the wall boundaries and used to define the weights of the morphing action of each modal shape. This is a simplifying alternative to the traditional fluid dynamic-structural analysis coupling approach that makes it possible to bypass several complexities related to the implementation of 2-way fluid-structure interaction procedures. Furthermore, the modal approach is not affected by the error introduced by the interpolation required in the load-mapping procedure between the nonconformal fluid dynamic and structural meshes. Piaggio property static experimental measurements of a complete aircraft model in transonic conditions were used to validate the accuracy of the method. The modal solution was also compared to the one obtained by applying a traditional 2-way coupling procedure. The modal analysis was found to provide a solution extremely similar to the 2-way one also if adopting just a few modes.
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Acknowledgments
This work was partially supported by the RBF4AERO Project, funded in part by the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7-AAT, 2007–2013) under Grant Agreement no. 605396 (www.rbf4aero.eu). The load mapping procedure applied in the 2-way FSI analysis presented in this paper constituted the starting base of activity of another EU 7th FP project led by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and funded within aeronautics programme JTI-CS-GRA (Joint Technology Initiatives—Clean Sky—Green Regional Aircraft). The project, called RIBES and funded under Grant Agreement no. 632556 (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/192637_en.html), aims to increase the load field transfer accuracy between nonconformal domains.
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 29 • Issue 6 • November 2016
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Received: Mar 12, 2015
Accepted: Feb 22, 2016
Published online: Jul 14, 2016
Published in print: Nov 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 14, 2016
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