Testing and Model Updating for Geometrically Nonlinear Hypersonic Vehicle Assemblies Using Nonlinear Normal Modes

Abstract

As the USAF begins to deploy an Airframe Digital Twin (ADT) to track the life and maintenance of each vehicle, one can expect each vehicle to vary somewhat from its nominal blueprint and its dynamics will evolve as the vehicle ages or is modified. This work explored a new model updating framework based on nonlinear normal modes that was used to understand and validate the computational models, and to update the model to assure that it accurately represents the nonlinear structure of interest. A model updating strategy was proposed and tested on various simplified structures to evaluate its applicability for substructures of aircraft that are or will be of interest for future vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 2020
Accession Number
AD1105916

Entities

People

  • Christopher Van Damme
  • Matthew S. Allen
  • Michael Kwarta

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin System

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dynamic Response
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Shift
  • Measurement
  • Modal Analysis
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Nonlinear Systems
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Stiffness
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics