Abstract
There has been much interest in the development of advanced wing solutions to improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft. High aspect ratio wings incorporating flared folding wingtips (FFWT) allows aircraft with large wingspan to meet the airport gate restrictions and has shown encouraging results in load alleviation and roll performance. This paper aims to study the response of such a wing configuration to discrete lateral gusts with various lengths. A comparison was made between the locked and free FFWT configurations, and the results show that the FFWT provides improved performance through alleviation of the wing deflections, whereas little effect was seen on the overall flight mechanics. Furthermore, transient response of the hinge release was modelled, where the responses were compared between the wingtips with various mass and flare angles released at different flight points.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum |
| Publisher | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) |
| Pages | 2568 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781624106996 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Jan 2023 |
| Event | AIAA Scitech Forum 2023 - National Harbor, Washington, United States Duration: 23 Jan 2023 → 27 Jan 2023 https://aiaa.org/events/2023-aiaa-science-and-technology-forum-and-exposition-aiaa-scitech-forum/ |
Conference
| Conference | AIAA Scitech Forum 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 23/01/23 → 27/01/23 |
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