Integrated numerical and experimental investigations of the Active/Passive Aeroelastic concepts on the European Research Aeroelastic Model (EuRAM)
Svetlana Ivanovna Kuzmina, Fanil Ishmuratov, Mikhail Zichenkov, Vasili Chedrik
Abstract
European Research Aeroelastic Model (EuRAM) was developed as experimental platform for the demonstration of the new technical decisions and concepts according to the goals of the European 3AS (Active Aeroelastic Aircraft Structures) Project. The EuRAM demonstrator had been designed and fabricated to test three concepts:
AAAWTC: Active Adaptive Aeroelastic Wing Tip Controls;
AAAMVT: Active Aeroelastic All-Movable Vertical Tail;
SDS: Selectively Deformable Structures.
Finite Element models of the complete EuRAM airplane were created for strength and aeroelasticity analysis, and multidisciplinary optimization. Complete EuRAM was tested in TsAGI’s wind tunnel T-104. Components of the EuRAM (semi-wings with ordinary and new control surfaces, ordinary and all-movable vertical tails) were tested separately in different wind tunnels by partners of the 3AS Project. The ARGON code had been used also to follow experiments for the purpose of both predicting the results and to update analytical models. Some aspects of the EuRAM potential possibilities for using in future projects are discussed.
AAAWTC: Active Adaptive Aeroelastic Wing Tip Controls;
AAAMVT: Active Aeroelastic All-Movable Vertical Tail;
SDS: Selectively Deformable Structures.
Finite Element models of the complete EuRAM airplane were created for strength and aeroelasticity analysis, and multidisciplinary optimization. Complete EuRAM was tested in TsAGI’s wind tunnel T-104. Components of the EuRAM (semi-wings with ordinary and new control surfaces, ordinary and all-movable vertical tails) were tested separately in different wind tunnels by partners of the 3AS Project. The ARGON code had been used also to follow experiments for the purpose of both predicting the results and to update analytical models. Some aspects of the EuRAM potential possibilities for using in future projects are discussed.
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