Optimal actuation of dielectric membrane wings using high-fidelity fluid-structure modelling. Sanchez, R., Palacios, R., Economon, T., Alonso, J., Albring, T., & Gaugerk, N. In 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2017, 2017.
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© 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. This paper describes a computational framework for the analysis and design of electromechanically actuated membrane wings operating at low flight speeds. A fluid-structure interaction formulation with large deformations and complex material behavior has been developed, which is suited for integrally-actuated wings built with dielectric elastomers. A coupled adjoint-based methodology based on algorithmic differentiation has also been developed to determine optimal actuation profiles. Coupled sensitivities are shown to be accurately computed on the wing response, both under constant pressure and immersed in a reattached laminar flow. A simple optimization problem on the equilibrium position of the membrane is finally solved to exemplify the proposed design methodology.
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 abstract = {© 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. This paper describes a computational framework for the analysis and design of electromechanically actuated membrane wings operating at low flight speeds. A fluid-structure interaction formulation with large deformations and complex material behavior has been developed, which is suited for integrally-actuated wings built with dielectric elastomers. A coupled adjoint-based methodology based on algorithmic differentiation has also been developed to determine optimal actuation profiles. Coupled sensitivities are shown to be accurately computed on the wing response, both under constant pressure and immersed in a reattached laminar flow. A simple optimization problem on the equilibrium position of the membrane is finally solved to exemplify the proposed design methodology.},
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