Reduced Order Modeling for Hypersonic Aeroelasticity

Abstract

Hypersonic vehicles require structures to withstand complex non-proportional loading leading to path-dependent responses with interacting failure modes. This forces the analyst to consider margins over a trajectory instead of assumed worst-case points. Specifically, these structures will experience high transient surface temperatures and gradients from flow compression/viscous dissipation, broadband pressure fluctuations due to boundary layer turbulence, deformation induced pressures, and long-duration exposure to these environments. The modeling of such phenomena requires the coupling between the aero-thermal environment and the structural deflections and the consideration of local effects inherent in hypersonic flows. The computational cost associated to the resulting large models is often prohibitive and severely affect the design process.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2016
Source ID
FA95501610096

Entities

People

  • Paolo Tiso

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • ETH Zurich
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics