Control Surfaces

The treatment of control surfaces in a block structured grid framework is difficult. However, the inclusion of control surfaces is important in an aeroelastic simulation. A simplified treatment involving continuous blending was found to work well when compared with more complex treatments. Application was made to the prediction of buzz for a fighter trainer.

Publications

1. Rampurawala, A.M. Aeroelastic analysis of aircraft with control surfaces using CFD. University of Glasgow, PhD Thesis, 2006
2. Badcock, K.J., Rampurawala, A.M. and Richards, B.E., Intergrid Transformation for Aircraft Aeroelastic Simulations, AIAA Journal, September 2004, pp1936-1939.
3. Rampurawala, A.M. and Badcock, K.J. Treatment of Complex Configurations for Flutter Calculations, AIAA-2006-2077, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, 1-4 May, 2006.
4. Rampurawala, A.M. and Badcock, K.J., Evaluation of a Simplified Grid Treatment for Oscillating Trailing-Edge Control Surfaces, to appear in AIAA Journal, 2007.

Contact: Ken Badcock