04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity
A PRELIMINARY STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF A FLEXIBLE FLYING DEMONSTRATOR
P.J. González¹, G. Stavorinus¹, H. Shahi¹, Y.M. Meddaikar², S. Cumnuantip², A. Voß², T. Klimmek², W.R. Krüger², F.J. Silvestre¹; ¹TU-Berlin, Germany ;²DLR, Germany
This paper shows the preliminary structural design of the flexible aircraft demonstrator TU-Flex. This vehicle can gather coupled flight and structural dynamics data to validate flexible aircraft models. Due to its unconventional requirements, novel numerical procedures were used during conceptual and preliminary structural design. The full structural FEM and maneuver load envelope are presented.