Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge

Ronald Cheung; Christopher Wales; Jonathan Cooper; Srinivas Vasista; Johannes Riemenschneider; Bram van de Kamp; Hans Peter  Monner

Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge

Ronald Cheung, Christopher Wales, Jonathan Cooper, Srinivas Vasista, Johannes Riemenschneider, Bram van de Kamp, Hans Peter Monner

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Abstract

A full scale morphing wing tip demonstrator with a droop-nose adaptive morphing wingtip was wind tunnel tested as part of the European FP7 project NOVEMOR. This demonstrator features a flexible fiberglass skin and an aluminium internal compliant mechanism. The tests were carried out to assess the performance of compliant mechanism and skin under aerodynamic loading. The results show that strains in the mechanism are mainly from the actuation showing adequate stiffness in the mechanism. In addition to strains, pressure data was taken to determine aerodynamic loading. The Finite element and computational fluid dynamics simulations performed showed good agreement with the experimental values.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2015)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of a meeting held 28 June - 2 July, 2015, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Publisher	Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI)
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9781510821828
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2015

Keywords

morphing wing
droop-nose
compliant mechanism

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Cheung, R., Wales, C., Cooper, J., Vasista, S., Riemenschneider, J., van de Kamp, B., & Monner, H. P. (2015). Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge. In International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 28 June - 2 July, 2015, Saint Petersburg, Russia [IFASD-2015-106] Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI).

Cheung, Ronald ; Wales, Christopher ; Cooper, Jonathan ; Vasista, Srinivas ; Riemenschneider, Johannes ; van de Kamp, Bram ; Monner, Hans Peter . / Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge. International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 28 June - 2 July, 2015, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), 2015.

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Cheung, R , Wales, C , Cooper, J, Vasista, S, Riemenschneider, J, van de Kamp, B & Monner, HP 2015, Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge. in International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 28 June - 2 July, 2015, Saint Petersburg, Russia., IFASD-2015-106, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI).

Wind Tunnel Test of a Morphing Wingtip Leading Edge. / Cheung, Ronald ; Wales, Christopher ; Cooper, Jonathan; Vasista, Srinivas; Riemenschneider, Johannes; van de Kamp, Bram; Monner, Hans Peter .

International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD 2015): Proceedings of a meeting held 28 June - 2 July, 2015, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), 2015. IFASD-2015-106.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

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