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Zhenlong Wu, Tianyu Zhang, Yuan Gao and Huijun Tan
In this paper, a novel small-scale gust generator research facility was designed and examined for generating Sears-type gusts. The design scheme, integration with the wind tunnel, experiment and validation of its capability are presented in detail. To he...
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Liqi Zhang and Yonghui Zhao
Based on measured gust information, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) adaptive feed-forward control scheme for gust load alleviation (GLA) on a semi-span flying-wing aircraft using multiple control surfaces is proposed. In order to remedy weight drift an...
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Zhuoer Yao, Zi Kan and Daochun Li
The spanwise morphing wing can change its aerodynamic shape to suit its flight environment, thereby having the potential to improve the flight performance of the aircraft, especially in gusty conditions. To investigate the potential of morphing wings, th...
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Jafar S. Pilakkadan, Rafic M. Ajaj, Zawar Haider and Mohammadreza Amoozgar
This paper studies the aeroelastic behavior of a rectangular, cantilever wing equipped with the spanwise morphing trailing edge (SMTE) concept. The SMTE consists of multiple trailing edge flaps that allow controlling the spanwise camber distribution of a...
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Francesco Toffol and Sergio Ricci
This paper presents the design of an innovative wingtip device actively actuated to control the aeroelastic loads, with a focus on the gust load alleviation. It summarizes the work carried out in the Clean Sky 2 AIRGREEN2 project, where the device was de...
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Aminurrashid Noordin, Mohd Ariffanan Mohd Basri and Zaharuddin Mohamed
The lightweight nature of micro air vehicles (MAVs) makes them highly sensitive to perturbations, thus emphasizing the need for effective control strategies that can sustain attitude stability throughout translational movement. This study evaluates the p...
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Shuai Hao, Tielin Ma, Yi Wang, Huadong Li, Shiwei Zhao and Puxue Tan
SensorCraft is an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system that integrates unmanned flight platforms and airborne antenna arrays. Under gust loads, the high?aspect?ratio, light?wing structure of SensorCraft has considerable bending and...
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Jun Jian, Jinhai Chen and Peter J. Webster
Ship pilots and maritime safety administration have an urgent need for more accurate and earlier warnings for strong wind gusts. This study firstly investigated the ?Oriental Star? cruise ship capsizing event in 2015, one of the deadliest shipwreck event...
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Abdulghani Mohamed, Matthew Marino, Simon Watkins, Justin Jaworski and Anya Jones
There is a growing desire to operate Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments for parcel delivery, and passenger-carrying air taxis for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The turbulent flows and gusts around buildings and other urban infrastructure c...
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Victor E. L. Gasparetto, Jackson Reid, William P. Parsons, Mostafa S. A. ElSayed, Mohamed Saad, Stephen Shieldand, Gary L. Brown and Lawrence M. Hilliard
This paper proposes a design procedure to determine the optimal configuration of multi-degrees of freedom (MDOF) multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMD) to mitigate the global dynamic aeroelastic response of aerospace structures. The computation of the aerody...
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