Author:
Dexl Florian,Hauffe Andreas,Wolf Klaus
Abstract
AbstractDesign and optimization of morphing wings are of current research interest as they promise increasing efficiency and flexibility of future aircraft. A challenging task is to find structural layouts of morphing wings that enable aerodynamically optimized shape changes without defining the target shape a priori. The current paper addresses this task and presents a method that combines the optimization of the active structure of a wing section, parameterized by Lindenmayer cellular systems, with an aerodynamic evaluation. Neither the structural layout nor the target shape has to be defined a priori. This aim is achieved by a multidisciplinary optimization using evolutionary algorithms with aerodynamic and structural objectives. The developed method allows to optimize the topology of the internal structure, the placement of linear contraction, and expansion actuators as well as the setting of their actuation degree concurrently. It is shown that the present approach allows to find optimized internal layouts containing active structural elements for morphing wing sections.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Control and Optimization,Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design,Computer Science Applications,Control and Systems Engineering,Software
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