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Rafael Palacios

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

Professor in Computational Aeroelasticity
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5075r.palacios CV

 
 
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338City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Wang:2016:10.2514/1.J054537,
author = {Wang, Y and wynn, A and Palacios, R},
doi = {10.2514/1.J054537},
journal = {AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development},
pages = {3075--3090},
title = {Nonlinear modal aeroservoelastic analysis framework for flexible aircraft},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J054537},
volume = {54},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A nonlinear formulation in modal coordinates of the equations of motion of a flexible aircraft is presented. It relies on the projection of the intrinsic equations of geometrically nonlinear composite beams on the linear normal modes at a reference condition, which are coupled with two-dimensional unsteady aerodynamics. The resulting description is suitable for nonlinear dynamic analysis and control design, whereas the description in modal coordinates links directly to linear aeroservoelastic analysis methods. Results are presented on and compared to cantilever wings and full aircraft configurations previously studied in the literature. Linear H∞H∞ control synthesis and closed-loop nonlinear simulations are finally explored on a highly flexible flying wing under large-amplitude discrete gusts. Results show the ability of the proposed framework to capture the nonlinear dynamics of the aeroelastic system, while providing a seamless integration with linear methods, as well as its strength in identification of the dominant contributors to the nonlinear response.
AU  - Wang,Y
AU  - wynn,A
AU  - Palacios,R
DO  - 10.2514/1.J054537
EP  - 3090
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0001-1452
SP  - 3075
TI  - Nonlinear modal aeroservoelastic analysis framework for flexible aircraft
T2  - AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J054537
UR  - https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.J054537
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/32442
VL  - 54
ER  -
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