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Computational Nonlinear Aeroelasticity

This report documents the culmination of in-house work in the area of computational modeling techniques for aeroelasticity. At the project onset, emphasis was given to the challenge of predicting flutter points for aircraft in the transonic regime. Methods based on bifurcation theory and reduced order modeling were developed and tested. This work helped to shape the activity of the aeroelastic community, and an international workshop in the subject area to be held in 2008 testifies to this achievement. Attention then turned to studying vehicles that might experience large structural deformations, such as high-altitude vehicles. Finally, computational methods have been investigated for the exploitation of aeroelastic interactions in the design of micro-air vehicles.

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