scholarly journals Doublet-Lattice Method Correction by Means of Linearised Frequency Domain Solver Analysis

Author(s):  
Carmine Valente ◽  
Dorian Jones ◽  
Ann Gaitonde ◽  
Jonathan E. Cooper ◽  
Yves Lemmens
2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos De Marqui ◽  
Wander G. R. Vieira ◽  
Alper Erturk ◽  
Daniel J. Inman

Multifunctional structures are pointed out as an important technology for the design of aircraft with volume, mass, and energy source limitations such as unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and micro air vehicles (MAVs). In addition to its primary function of bearing aerodynamic loads, the wing/spar structure of an UAV or a MAV with embedded piezoceramics can provide an extra electrical energy source based on the concept of vibration energy harvesting to power small and wireless electronic components. Aeroelastic vibrations of a lifting surface can be converted into electricity using piezoelectric transduction. In this paper, frequency-domain piezoaeroelastic modeling and analysis of a cantilevered platelike wing with embedded piezoceramics is presented for energy harvesting. The electromechanical finite-element plate model is based on the thin-plate (Kirchhoff) assumptions while the unsteady aerodynamic model uses the doublet-lattice method. The electromechanical and aerodynamic models are combined to obtain the piezoaeroelastic equations, which are solved using a p-k scheme that accounts for the electromechanical coupling. The evolution of the aerodynamic damping and the frequency of each mode are obtained with changing airflow speed for a given electrical circuit. Expressions for piezoaeroelastically coupled frequency response functions (voltage, current, and electrical power as well the vibratory motion) are also defined by combining flow excitation with harmonic base excitation. Hence, piezoaeroelastic evolution can be investigated in frequency domain for different airflow speeds and electrical boundary conditions.


1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 720-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Rodden ◽  
Paul F. Taylor ◽  
Samuel C. McIntosh

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Couston ◽  
J. J. Angelini

An alternating-direction implicit algorithm is applied to solve an improved formulation of the low-frequency, small-disturbance, two-dimensional potential equation. Linear solutions are presented for oscillating trailing edge flaps, plunging and pitching flat-plate airfoils, and compared with results obtained by a doublet-lattice-method. Nonlinear calculations for both steady and unsteady flow problems are then compared with results obtained by using the complete Euler equations. The present procedure allows one to solve complex aerodynamic problems, including flows with shock waves.


2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myles L. Baker ◽  
William P. Rodden

2015 ◽  
Vol 798 ◽  
pp. 531-535
Author(s):  
Antonino Bonanni ◽  
Lorenz Vandewaeter ◽  
Caroline Havill ◽  
Prin Kanyoo ◽  
Dominic Taunton ◽  
...  

The present work presents a novel methodology developed for calculating the steady loads acting on aircraft structures in the event of ditching in water. It represents the preliminary result of Stirling Dynamics as part of a NATEP research project. The overall objective of the project is to expand the capabilities of the Stirling Dynamics proprietary software SD-GLOAD (originally designed for ground and crash loads dynamic simulations) to aircraft ditching simulations. The methodology presented in this paper employs a Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) to calculate the steady pressure distribution acting on the submerged parts of the ditching aircraft. The proposed methodology is validated against a higher-fidelity CFD multi-phase model for a selected test-case and several ditching conditions.


Author(s):  
Ce´dric Liauzun

A numerical method to predict the aeroelastic response of an aircraft to a gust is assessed. It is based on the use of CFD techniques to compute accurately the aerodynamic fields. Gust models are then implemented as a field of grid deformation speed, that depends on both space and time. The numerical method has been first validated for a 2D Naca12 airfoil embedded in an inviscid flow and submitted to a sharp edged gust, by comparisons with results presented by Zaide et al. It has afterwards been validated in the case of a 3D wing submitted to a harmonic gust in the subsonic domain by comparisons with computations using the Doublet Lattice Method. After the validation step, the method has been used first to investigate the influence of the aerodynamic nonlinearities that occurs in the transonic domain, and at last to compute the aeroelastic responses of wings to gust excitations.


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