26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-3.6.1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES IN HYPERSONIC FLOW REGIME

M. C. Haupt, R. Niesner, R. Unger, P. Horst
TU Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords: Fluid-Structure Interaction, Aerothermoelasticity, Thermal Buckling, Panel Flutter

The analysis of structures in hypersonic flows requires the consideration of thermal and mechanical interactions. A simulation environment is applied for the coupling of stand-alone codes to investigate buckling and panel flutter phenomena.

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