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 2008-7.7.1

EFFICIENT AEROELASTIC SIMULATION IN A PARAMETRIC PROCEDURE FOR FATIGUE ANALYSIS

J. van Muijden, B. B. Prananta, R. P. G. Veul
NLR, Netherlands

Keywords: maneuvers, loads, fatigue, aeroelasticity, simulation

A parametric procedure is described that provides a generic means to calculate flight loads on flexible aircraft, to store the loads in a database and to generate loads or stress sequences in a very efficient way for fatigue life analyses. The role of aeroelastic simulation in this procedure is highlighted.

view full paper