@inproceedings{c892a39b6133431ea7025ec84689df21,
title = "Multi-Fidelity Design of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing for Dynamic Wind-Tunnel Testing",
abstract = "Aeroelastic tailoring offers an effective way to exploit the anisotropic properties of the composite materials used in lightweight aerospace structures. This paper presents a design methodology for experimental wings that employ a typical wingbox structure. The proposed methodology combines three different analysis tools: Proteus, a low-fidelity aeroelastic framework with tailoring capabilities, OptiBLESS, an open-source toolbox for optimization of blended stacking sequences and MSC Nastran, a commercial software commonly used in industry for aeroelastic analyses. An experimental wing is designed using the proposed framework. The developed design is manufactured using carbon fibre pre-preg and hand layup technique. Finally, the manufactured wing is tested in the wind-tunnel at speeds up to 25 m/s. Both static and dynamic tests are performed, where for the latter a gust generator is used. The experimental results provide a source of comparison for the numerical models used in the proposed design methodology.",
author = "F.M.A. Mitrotta and Darwin Rajpal and Jurij Sodja and {De Breuker}, Roeland",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.2514/6.2020-1636",
language = "English",
series = "AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)",
booktitle = "AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum",
address = "United States",
note = "AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum ; Conference date: 06-01-2020 Through 10-01-2020",
}