The presence of tip stores influences both aerodynamic and aeroelastic performances of wings. Such effects are more pronounced in the transonic regime. In this study, transonic aeroelasticity of wings with tip stores is studied for the first time by a theoretical method using the unsteady-small disturbance transonic aerodynamic equations coupled with modal structural equations of motion. The aerodynamic and structural equations of motion are simultaneously integrated by a time-accurate numerical scheme. To validate the tip store simulation, aeroelastic computations are made for a typical rectangular wing with a tip store and results are correlated with available wind tunnel data for the corresponding wing without a tip store at various flight conditions. Aeroelastic computations are also made for a typical fighter wing with a tip store. Present computations show that it is important to account for the aerodynamics of the tip store, particularly in the transonic regime where the tip store can make the wing aeroelastically unstable.


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    Title :

    Transonic aeroelasticity of wings with tip stores


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    Publication date :

    1986-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English


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