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Design of a large-scale model for wind tunnel test of a multiadaptive flap concept

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The design and application of morphing systems are ongoing issues compelling the avi-ation industry.The Clean Sky-program represents the most significant aeronautical research ever launched in Europe on advanced technologies for greening next-generation aircraft.The primary purpose of the program is to develop new concepts aimed at decreasing the effects of aviation on the environment,increasing reliability,and promoting eco-friendly mobility.These ambitions are pursued through research on enabling technologies fostering noise and gas emissions reduction,mainly by improving aircraft aerodynamic performances.Within the Clean Sky framework,a mul-timodal morphing flap device was designed based on tight industrial requirements and tailored for large civil aircraft applications.The flap is deployed in one unique setting,and its cross section is morphed differently in take-off and landing to get the necessary extra lift for the specific flight phase.Moreover,during the cruise,the tip of the flap is deflected for load control and induced drag reduction.Before manufacturing the first flap prototype,a high-speed(Ma=0.3),large-scale test campaign(geometric scale factor 1:3)was deemed necessary to validate the performance improve-ments brought by this novel system at the aircraft level.On the other hand,the geometrical scaling of the flap prototype was considered impracticable due to the unscalability of the embedded mech-anisms and actuators for shape transition.Therefore,a new architecture was conceived for the flap model to comply with the scaled dimensions requirements,withstand the relevant loads expected during the wind tunnel tests and emulate the shape transition capabilities of the true-scale flap.Sim-plified strategies were developed to effectively morph the model during wind tunnel tests while ensuring the robustness of each morphed configuration and maintaining adequate stiffness levels to prevent undesirable deviations from the intended aerodynamic shapes.Additionally,a simplified design was conceived for the flap-wing interface,allowing for quick adjustments of the flap setting and enabling load transmission paths like those arising between the full-scale flap and the wing.The design process followed for the definition of this challenging wind tunnel model has been addressed in this work,covering the definition of the conceptual layout,the numerical evaluation of the most severe loads expected during the test,and the verification of the structural layout by means of advanced finite element analyses.

Morphing structuresSmart aircraftMorphing flapAdaptive systemsFinger-like ribsWind tunnel testsLarge-scale morphing archi-tecturesVariable camber airfoil

Mürüvvet Sinem SICIM DEMIRCI、Rosario PECORA、Metin Orhan KAYA

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Aeronautical Engineering Department,Lstanbul Technical University,Lvtanbul,Turkey

Industrial Engineering Department,University of Naples Federico H,Napoli,Italy

framework of AIRGREEN2 ProjectClean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking,under the European's Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation ProgramTUBITAK 2214-A-International Research Fellowship Programme for Ph.D.Students

807089—REG GAM 4822018—H2020-IBA-CS2-GAMS-2017

2024

10.1016/j.cja.2023.11.008

中国航空学报(英文版)
中国航空学会

中国航空学报(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子：0.847
ISSN：1000-9361
年,卷(期)：2024.37(2)
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