Static Aeroelastic Analysis of Flexible Wings via NASTRAN, Part I.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to expand the capabilities of the Static Flexible Wing Aeroelastic Sequence that Captain Lance P. Chrisinger developed for NASTRAN as his Master's Thesis at AFIT. Captain Chrisinger developed a basic procedure to enable NASTRAN to analyze flexible wing airloads and stresses. That capability is expanded to enable analysis of standard wing models. A subroutine was incorporated into NASTRAN to eliminate extensive hand-calculation of transformation matrices. The capability to tolerate control surfaces was discovered. Also, a survey of wing models in the Air Force inventory was taken to determine the characteristics of the average wing model. This was used to determine where the aeroelastic procedure was lacking in its ability to analyze wing models. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124662

Entities

People

  • Kim Jones

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Surfaces
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Fuselages
  • Leading Edges
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Structural Analysis
  • Structural Loads
  • Trailing Edges
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wheel Wells
  • Wing Boxes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.