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Structural Design Process and Subsequent Flight Mechanical Evaluation in Preliminary Aircraft Design - Demonstrated on Passenger Ride Comfort Assessment

Krishnamurthy, Vikram and Handojo, Vega (2021) Structural Design Process and Subsequent Flight Mechanical Evaluation in Preliminary Aircraft Design - Demonstrated on Passenger Ride Comfort Assessment. CEAS Aeronautical Journal (12), pp. 457-469. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s13272-021-00505-x. ISSN 1869-5590.

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Official URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13272-021-00505-x

Abstract

New fuel-efficient aircraft designs have high aspect ratio wings. Consequently, those aircraft are more flexible. Additionally, load alleviation functions are implemented to reduce the structural loads, which results in further reductions of the structural stiffness. At the same time, the structural design impacts other disciplines in preliminary aircraft design, especially flight mechanics. For example, it is important to know how at that design stage such flexible aircraft with load alleviation affect passenger ride comfort in turbulent flight. For an efficient design process, it is essential to answer such questions with accurate multi-disciplinary tools and methods as early as possible to minimize development risk and avoid costly and time-consuming redesign loops. Current available tools and methods are not accurate enough for this task. To address this issue, the DLR MONA based design and the TUB flight mechanical assessment tool MITRA are linked to investigate the impact of the structural design on specific flight mechanical assessments such as passenger ride comfort. This is particularly interesting since the implemented load alleviation functions are designed to reduce loads, and not explicitly to improve passenger ride comfort. By conducting this assessment for a particular aircraft configuration, more insight into passenger ride comfort and the key contributors can be gained during preliminary design. This paper describes the combined toolchain and its application on a generic long-range reference aircraft to investigate the effects of load alleviation functions on passenger ride comfort and discusses the results.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/139568/
Document Type:Article
Title:Structural Design Process and Subsequent Flight Mechanical Evaluation in Preliminary Aircraft Design - Demonstrated on Passenger Ride Comfort Assessment
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iD
Krishnamurthy, VikramUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7626-9730
Handojo, VegaUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6030-2383
Date:April 2021
Journal or Publication Title:CEAS Aeronautical Journal
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:No
DOI:10.1007/s13272-021-00505-x
Page Range:pp. 457-469
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1869-5590
Status:Published
Keywords:flight mechanics, flight simulation, ride comfort, gust load alleviation, structural optimization
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Aeronautics
HGF - Program Themes:fixed-wing aircraft
DLR - Research area:Aeronautics
DLR - Program:L AR - Aircraft Research
DLR - Research theme (Project):L - Flight Physics (old)
Location: Göttingen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Aeroelasticity > Loads Analysis and Aeroelastic Design
Deposited By: Handojo, Vega
Deposited On:18 Dec 2020 16:45
Last Modified:04 Feb 2022 09:35

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