Aeroelasticity & Structural Dynamics in a Fast Changing World
17 – 21 June 2024, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Aeroelastic optimisation of a cantilevered plate with local damping application


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Presentation:
Session: Aeroelastic optimisation 1
Room: Room 1.1
Session start: 09:40 Tue 18 Jun 2024

Ali Tatar   tataral@itu.edu.tr
Affifliation: Istanbul Technical University

Stephane Fournier   stephane.fournier@bristol.ac.uk
Affifliation: University of Bristol

Jonathan Cooper   j.e.cooper@bristol.ac.uk
Affifliation: University of Bristol


Topics: - Computational Aeroelasticity (High and low fidelity (un)coupled analysis methods:), - Highly Flexible Aircraft Structures (High and low fidelity (un)coupled analysis methods:), - Environmental Dynamics and Aeroelasticity (High and low fidelity (un)coupled analysis methods:), - Aeroelasticity in Conceptual Aircraft Design (Vehicle analysis/design using model-based and data driven models)

Abstract:

This paper aims to optimise the aeroelastic performance of a cantilevered plate through the application of a local damping distribution. An aeroelastic model was built in MSC Nastran 2018 using the finite element method and double lattice method for the structural and aerodynamic modelling of the cantilevered plate, respectively. For the aeroelastic flutter analyses, the number of structural and aero elements was determined based on the convergence study results. Stiffness proportional damping was employed to numerically model local damping as viscous, which allows both time and frequency domain simulations. Initially, case study analyses for structural and aeroelastic responses on the cantilevered plate model were conducted to find the sensitive local damping locations. It has been shown that maximum modal damping can be achieved by applying local damping at the maximum strain energy regions. Then, a genetic algorithm optimisation was employed to determine the optimised local damping application region for maximizing the flutter speed. It has been found that flutter speeds can be significantly shifted with the addition of local damping and higher modal damping can be achieved at maximum modal strain energy regions in aeroelastic flutter modes. This study highlights the potential usage of local damping in the structural design of wings and suggests a pathway toward practical passive local damping distribution.