Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores

This paper provides a study on passive aeroelastic control optimization, by means of aeroelastic tailoring, of a composite supersonic wing equipped with external stores. The objective of the optimization is to minimize wing weight by considering the aeroelastic flutter and divergence instability...

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Main Authors: Sulaeman, Erwin, Abdullah, Nur Azam, Kashif, Syed Muhammad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: IOP Publishing 2016
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spelling iium-538332018-05-23T02:17:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/ Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores Sulaeman, Erwin Abdullah, Nur Azam Kashif, Syed Muhammad TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics TL500 Aeronautics This paper provides a study on passive aeroelastic control optimization, by means of aeroelastic tailoring, of a composite supersonic wing equipped with external stores. The objective of the optimization is to minimize wing weight by considering the aeroelastic flutter and divergence instability speeds as constraints at several flight altitudes. The optimization variables are the composite ply angle and skin thickness of the wing box, wing rib and its control surfaces. The aeroelastic instability speed is set as constraint such that it should be higher than the flutter speed of a metallic base line model of supersonic wing having previously published. A finite element analysis is applied to determine the stiffness and mass matric of the wing and its multi stores. The boundary element method in the form of doublet lattice method is used to model the unsteady aerodynamic load. The results indicate that, for the present wing configuration, the high modulus Graphite/Epoxy composite provides a desired higher flutter speed and lower wing weight compare to that of Kevlar/Epoxy composite as well as the base line metallic wing materials. The aeroelastic boundary thus can be enlarged to higher speed zone and in the same time reduce the structural weight which is important for a further optimization process. IOP Publishing 2016-04-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/2/53833-Aeroelastic%20passive%20control%20optimization.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/1/53833-Aeroelastic%20passive%20control%20optimization_SCOPUS.pdf Sulaeman, Erwin and Abdullah, Nur Azam and Kashif, Syed Muhammad (2016) Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012010/pdf 10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012010
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topic TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TL500 Aeronautics
spellingShingle TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TL500 Aeronautics
Sulaeman, Erwin
Abdullah, Nur Azam
Kashif, Syed Muhammad
Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
description This paper provides a study on passive aeroelastic control optimization, by means of aeroelastic tailoring, of a composite supersonic wing equipped with external stores. The objective of the optimization is to minimize wing weight by considering the aeroelastic flutter and divergence instability speeds as constraints at several flight altitudes. The optimization variables are the composite ply angle and skin thickness of the wing box, wing rib and its control surfaces. The aeroelastic instability speed is set as constraint such that it should be higher than the flutter speed of a metallic base line model of supersonic wing having previously published. A finite element analysis is applied to determine the stiffness and mass matric of the wing and its multi stores. The boundary element method in the form of doublet lattice method is used to model the unsteady aerodynamic load. The results indicate that, for the present wing configuration, the high modulus Graphite/Epoxy composite provides a desired higher flutter speed and lower wing weight compare to that of Kevlar/Epoxy composite as well as the base line metallic wing materials. The aeroelastic boundary thus can be enlarged to higher speed zone and in the same time reduce the structural weight which is important for a further optimization process.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sulaeman, Erwin
Abdullah, Nur Azam
Kashif, Syed Muhammad
author_facet Sulaeman, Erwin
Abdullah, Nur Azam
Kashif, Syed Muhammad
author_sort Sulaeman, Erwin
title Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
title_short Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
title_full Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
title_fullStr Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
title_full_unstemmed Aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
title_sort aeroelastic passive control optimization of supersonic composite wing with external stores
publisher IOP Publishing
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/2/53833-Aeroelastic%20passive%20control%20optimization.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53833/1/53833-Aeroelastic%20passive%20control%20optimization_SCOPUS.pdf
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