24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-4.6.1 (I.L.)

MODELLING RESPONSE OF FLEXIBLE HIGH ASPECT RATIO WINGS TO WIND TURBULENCE

A. V. Balakrishnan
Flight System Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Keywords: turbulence, high aspect ratio wings

Response of flexible high aspect ratio wings to wind turbulence is analyzed using the continuum cantilever beam model of Goland for the structure and typical-section compressible attached flow aerodynamics. The wind turbulence model is derived from the Kolmogorov power-law spectrum random field, invoking the Taylor hypothesis.

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