TY - GEN
T1 - Design, construction, and tests of an aeroelastic wind tunnel model of a variable camber continuous trailing edge flap (VCCTEF) concept wing
AU - Precup, Nathan
AU - Mor, Marat
AU - Livne, Eli
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Variable Camber Continuous Trailing Edge Flap (VCCTEF) wing is a concept of current interest for a design that would allow, if validated, improvements in aircraft performance by replacing conventional, articulated flap systems with a system that would enable controlled deformation of wings via spanwise and chordwise camber shape variations that would be continuous and rich in the camber shape distributions they would allow. Anticipating considerable aeroelastic interactions with the structurally and aerodynamically optimized wings that the VCCTEF would be part of, a short schedule/low cost exploratory wind tunnel research program was launched at the University of Washington aimed at obtaining wind tunnel results for a prototype elastic VCCTEF wing that would offer initial insights and provide data for mathematical modeling and validation of simulation capabilities developed for the VCCTEF research program effort. This paper describes the wind tunnel model design, construction, and test effort at the University of Washington, including analysis/test correlations using standard aeroelastic analysis tools.
AB - The Variable Camber Continuous Trailing Edge Flap (VCCTEF) wing is a concept of current interest for a design that would allow, if validated, improvements in aircraft performance by replacing conventional, articulated flap systems with a system that would enable controlled deformation of wings via spanwise and chordwise camber shape variations that would be continuous and rich in the camber shape distributions they would allow. Anticipating considerable aeroelastic interactions with the structurally and aerodynamically optimized wings that the VCCTEF would be part of, a short schedule/low cost exploratory wind tunnel research program was launched at the University of Washington aimed at obtaining wind tunnel results for a prototype elastic VCCTEF wing that would offer initial insights and provide data for mathematical modeling and validation of simulation capabilities developed for the VCCTEF research program effort. This paper describes the wind tunnel model design, construction, and test effort at the University of Washington, including analysis/test correlations using standard aeroelastic analysis tools.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2014-2442
DO - 10.2514/6.2014-2442
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067318947
SN - 9781624102882
T3 - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
BT - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
T2 - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014
Y2 - 16 June 2014 through 20 June 2014
ER -