This paper investigates the roll maneuvers of a very flexible, transonic high-aspect-ratio-wing aircraft with flared folding wingtips, representing a potential future commercial transport configuration. The computational study leverages a fully coupled nonlinear aeroelastic-flight dynamics framework for simulating roll maneuvers commanded by deflecting control surfaces inboard or outboard of the flared folding wingtip hinge. Releasing the flared folding wingtips during flight makes the aircraft roll faster only when deflecting outboard-of-hinge leading-edge control surfaces. However, the achieved roll angles and rates are much lower than the ones obtained by deflecting inboard-of-hinge trailing-edge control surfaces, whose roll control effectiveness is not impacted or even degrades when releasing the flared folding wingtips. These trends are explained by analyzing the role of sweep-induced washout effects in the very flexible, transonic high-aspect-ratio wing, revealing physical mechanisms not identified in previous studies on straight or swept wings with moderate flexibility. Higher wing out-of-plane bending stiffness increases the effectiveness of flared folding wingtips in enhancing roll maneuvers at low dynamic pressure but plays a slight role at high dynamic pressure. This study highlights the need to consider the impact of washout effects for different flight conditions and levels of wing flexibility when assessing the ability of flared folding wingtips to enhance the roll maneuverability of transonic high-aspect-ratio-wing aircraft.


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    Titel :

    Roll Maneuverability of Transonic High-Aspect-Ratio-Wing Aircraft with Flared Folding Wingtips


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 61 , 3 ; 915-938


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.05.2024




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz) , Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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