Robust Flutter Analysis for Aeroservoelastic Systems
2017-04
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Robust Flutter Analysis for Aeroservoelastic Systems
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The dynamics of a flexible air vehicle are typically described using an aeroservoelastic model which accounts for interaction between aerodynamics, structural dynamics, rigid body dynamics and control laws. These subsystems can be individually modeled using a theoretical approach and experimental data from various ground tests can be combined into them. For instance, a combination of linear finite element modeling and data from ground vibration tests may be used to obtain a validated structural model. Similarly, an aerodynamic model can be obtained using computational fluid dynamics or simple panel methods and partially updated using limited data from wind tunnel tests. In all cases, the models obtained for these subsystems have a degree of uncertainty owing to inherent assumptions in the theory and errors in experimental data. Suitable uncertain models that account for these uncertainties can be built to study the impact of these modeling errors on the ability to predict dynamic instabilities known as flutter. This thesis addresses the methods used for modeling rigid body dynamics, structural dynamics and unsteady aerodynamics of a blended wing design called the Body Freedom Flutter vehicle. It discusses the procedure used to incorporate data from a wide range of ground based experiments in the form of model uncertainties within these subsystems. Finally, it provides the mathematical tools for carrying out flutter analysis and sensitivity analysis which account for these model uncertainties. These analyses are carried out for both open loop and controller in the loop (closed loop) cases.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. April 2017. Major: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. Advisors: Peter Seiler, Gary Balas. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 168 pages.
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Kotikalpudi, Aditya. (2017). Robust Flutter Analysis for Aeroservoelastic Systems. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188946.
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