High-fidelity multidisciplinary analysis capabilities for the prediction and control of tail buffeting of fighter aircraft have been developed and extensively validated for the F/A-18 aircraft. The computational results compared very well with flight and several experimental data. The results indicated that the vertical tail is subject to both bending and torsional responses, mainly in the first mode. The buffet excitation peaks shift to lower frequency as the angle of attack increases. Capabilities for buffet alleviation have been demonstrated using LEX fences and vortical blowing. A parametric study for both the active and passive flow control has been conducted. Capabilities for actively controlling the vertical tail structure have been demonstrated by strengthening the F/A-18 vertical tail using piezoelectric actuators.
Prediction and Control of Twin-Tail Buffet of Fighter Aircraft
2002
75 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Fighter aircraft , Flight , Methodology , Experimental data , Optimization , Parametric analysis , Tail assemblies , Excitation , Passive systems , Vortices , Angle of attack , Aeroelasticity , Vertical orientation , Buffeting , Piezoelectric materials , Actuators , Torsion , Unsteady aerodynamics , Multidisciplinary analysis , Tail buffeting , Sbir report , Sbir(Small business innovation research) , F-18 aircraft , Fluid structure interaction , Smart materials , Structure control , Flow control
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