Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings

Various high-performance structures are ready to fabricate with the advent of the technology for the additive manufacturing. This additive manufacturing technology has a potential to improve manufacturing costs and may help to achieve high-performance aerospace structures. One of application candida...

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Main Authors: Natsuki TSUSHIMA, Masato TAMAYAMA, Kanjuro MAKIHARA, Hitoshi ARIZONO
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2020-06-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/86/890/86_19-00452/_pdf/-char/en
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author Natsuki TSUSHIMA
Masato TAMAYAMA
Kanjuro MAKIHARA
Hitoshi ARIZONO
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Masato TAMAYAMA
Kanjuro MAKIHARA
Hitoshi ARIZONO
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description Various high-performance structures are ready to fabricate with the advent of the technology for the additive manufacturing. This additive manufacturing technology has a potential to improve manufacturing costs and may help to achieve high-performance aerospace structures. One of application candidates would be a wind tunnel wing model. A wing tunnel model requires sophisticated designs and precise fabrications for accurate experiments, which frequently increase manufacturing cost. At the same time, there are design trends of high aspect ratio wings to enhance flight performance of aircraft. Those wings may undergo large deformation during flights. Therefore, a geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis of such flexible wings plays important role in design. In this paper, manufacturing accuracy and aeroelastic characteristics of an additively manufactured wing model are evaluated numerically and experimentally. The feasibility of such wings to use in wind tunnel tests is also demonstrated. In addition, a geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis model, which have been developed in the previous study, is validated by comparing with results of the wind tunnel test for the additively manufactured highly flexible wing model. The effect of geometrical nonlinearity in aeroelastic characteristics of a highly flexible wing has been observed in the comparison between linear and nonlinear aeroelastic solutions and the wind tunnel result.
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spelling doaj.art-26b0802ebd8c49ba969836045b5965492022-12-22T02:52:22ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612020-06-018689019-0045219-0045210.1299/transjsme.19-00452transjsmeStructural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wingsNatsuki TSUSHIMA0Masato TAMAYAMA1Kanjuro MAKIHARA2Hitoshi ARIZONO3Aeronautical Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyAeronautical Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku UniversityAeronautical Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyVarious high-performance structures are ready to fabricate with the advent of the technology for the additive manufacturing. This additive manufacturing technology has a potential to improve manufacturing costs and may help to achieve high-performance aerospace structures. One of application candidates would be a wind tunnel wing model. A wing tunnel model requires sophisticated designs and precise fabrications for accurate experiments, which frequently increase manufacturing cost. At the same time, there are design trends of high aspect ratio wings to enhance flight performance of aircraft. Those wings may undergo large deformation during flights. Therefore, a geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis of such flexible wings plays important role in design. In this paper, manufacturing accuracy and aeroelastic characteristics of an additively manufactured wing model are evaluated numerically and experimentally. The feasibility of such wings to use in wind tunnel tests is also demonstrated. In addition, a geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis model, which have been developed in the previous study, is validated by comparing with results of the wind tunnel test for the additively manufactured highly flexible wing model. The effect of geometrical nonlinearity in aeroelastic characteristics of a highly flexible wing has been observed in the comparison between linear and nonlinear aeroelastic solutions and the wind tunnel result.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/86/890/86_19-00452/_pdf/-char/enaeroelasticitystructural analysisaerodynamicsaircraftadditive manufacturingwind tunnel
spellingShingle Natsuki TSUSHIMA
Masato TAMAYAMA
Kanjuro MAKIHARA
Hitoshi ARIZONO
Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
aeroelasticity
structural analysis
aerodynamics
aircraft
additive manufacturing
wind tunnel
title Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
title_full Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
title_fullStr Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
title_full_unstemmed Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
title_short Structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
title_sort structural and aerodynamic characteristics of additively manufactured flexible wings
topic aeroelasticity
structural analysis
aerodynamics
aircraft
additive manufacturing
wind tunnel
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