Computational Mechanics Approach for Multidisciplinary Nonlinear Sensitivity Analysis

Abstract

Efficient and accurate prediction of nonlinear airloads is necessary for designing the aircraft in the transonic regime. The flow in the transonic regime is a mixture of subsonic and supersonic flow with embedded shocks. The governing transonic aerodynamic equations are highly nonlinear and are computationally expensive to solve. The aerodynamic nonlinearities have a significant impact on the aeroelastic quantities and on the resulting designs. Hence they have to be taken into account. Full fledged euler or Navier-Stokes solution methods cannot be used in the preliminary design due to the enormous cost involved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA394973

Entities

People

  • Ramana V. Grandhi

Organizations

  • Wright State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Sensitivity
  • Supersonic Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics