Flexible aircraft reduced-order modeling and load alleviation
3 Jan 2026
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Flexible and very flexible aircraft improve structural weight and aerodynamic efficiency, but their flight dynamics are tightly coupled with structural deformation.
Approach
- Construct reduced-order structural and aerodynamic models.
- Preserve the aeroelastic behavior needed for control design.
- Use the model to evaluate load, fuel efficiency, and flight trajectories.
- Develop load-alleviation and flight-control algorithms.
- Verify models and controllers through wind-tunnel experiments.
The project makes high-fidelity aeroelastic behavior accessible to analysis and real-time control.
