This report results from a contract tasking University of Manchester as follows: The contractor will investigate using a variable stiffness vertical tail attachment to control aeroelastic performance over a range of dynamic pressures. The contractor will (1) Develop an adaptive stiffness attachment for vertical tail aircraft; (2) Develop an analytical model of the attachment and predict aeroelastic performance; (3) Design build and test a vertical tail model with and without a rudder to demonstrate the concept and validate the theoretical predictions; and (4) Conduct wind tunnel testing at sub and supersonic Mach Numbers; and (5) Consider the extension of the design for full- size aircraft and to quantify the benefits.


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    Title :

    Variable Stiffness Concept For Efficient Aircraft Vertical Tail Design


    Contributors:
    J. E. Cooper (author) / O. Sensburg (author) / M. Amprikidis (author)

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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