Aeroelastic Model of a Morphing Wing for Control Design and Optimization

Abstract

Two dimensional unsteady aerodynamic model in time domain is derived using approximated Wagner function. Strip theory is used to obtain three dimensional aeroelastic model of high aspect ratio morphing wing in state space form. Several simulations are performed to demonstrate the model properties including flutter analysis and influence of longitudinal maneuver on the wing. Aim of this paper is to obtain a aeoroelastic model of a wing that will be used for design and optimization of control strategies.