Nonlinear Aeroelasticity for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles

Abstract

Built a multidisciplinary system for nonlinear, trimmed, static aeroelastic analysis of air vehicles. Integrated all modules - CFL3D Performs aero (Euler/Navier-Stokes) analysis - COMETRAN Maps aero forces to structural nodes - PATRAN Maps temperatures to structural nodes - NASTRAN Performs structural analysis - Spline3D Maps structural deformation to aero grid - CSCMDO or Perturbs aero volume grid RexMesh - TRIM Finds control surface deflections to zero-out pitching moment - DEFLECT Deflects control surfaces and perturbs aero grid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 26, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409571

Entities

People

  • Daniel Ortega
  • Geojoe Kuruvila
  • Raul Mendoza
  • Scott Zillmer

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Air Breathing
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Surfaces
  • Deflection
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Structural Analysis
  • Surfaces

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computer Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics