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Swept Wing Aeroelasticity The Flexural Axis Concept
Swept Wing Aeroelasticity The Flexural Axis Concept
Aeroelasticity
Lecture 12
Swept wing aeroelasticity
The flexural axis concept
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-1
Goals
Compute changes in aeroelastic load on swept
wings lift effectiveness
Explain effects using the flexural axis concept
V
C
B
1
sin
Purdue Aeroelasticity
section
1-1
12-2
Notes on Homework
handed back today
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12-3
Fridays Homework
Problem 3.3
K Q d e Q d e tan
d 0.75c e
Qb
Qb
K
tan
2
2
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-4
qn q cos
2
K1
K2
o
V
C
V cos
C
Lift L qn cbao
tan
cos
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-5
Qtb
K
Qte
Qb
Q o
2
K Qe cos e
Q qn Scl
t tan
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-6
Deflections
bending Qb o
2 cos
slope
b tan K
K Q
2
K
twist
angle
Qe o
cos
K b tan
e
K Q
K
2
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-7
Lift effectiveness
o
Lift L qn Sao
tan
cos
q n Sao o
L
cos
QK e
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QbK tan
12-8
1
L qSao o cos
Q
b
tan
1
K
K e
K K
2
Q qn Scl
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K K
QD
K b tan
K e
2
12-9
Final result
Lift on rigid surface
qScl o cos
L
Q
1
QD
L
1
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-10
qD
An example wing
qD
q0
b c K tan
cos 1
c e K 2
let
qo 250 lb / ft
K
K
b
6
c
30
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-11
e
0.1
c
2.0
lift effectiveness
unswept
wing
1.5
unswept wing
divergence
1.0
15 degrees
sweep
So what?
What are the
consequences?
0.5
30 degrees
sweep
0.0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
12-12
E tan 0
upward load
Purdue Aeroelasticity
yo
xo
12-13
al axi
s
upward
load
E tan 0
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-14
0
K
M
Py o
M
Pxo
E tan 0
yo
xo
tan
yo
Purdue Aeroelasticity
xo
12-15
Step #1
Compute angular displacements
1 K
0
P
K K
Pyo
Pxo
K yo
P
o K xo
Purdue Aeroelasticity
yo
K
xo
K
12-16
E tan 0
xo
yo
E P(
tan ) 0
K K
K
K
K yo
P
K
x
o
o
xo K
tan tan
K
y
o
yo
K
xo
12-17
example
xo K
tan tan
K
y
o
K
1
K
K
2
K
K
3
K
Purdue Aeroelasticity
12-18
Summary
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