Aerospace 2018, 5(2), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5020041
AEROM: NASA’s Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Reduced-Order Modeling Software
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Received: 3 November 2017 / Revised: 8 March 2018 / Accepted: 6 April 2018 / Published: 10 April 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Aerodynamic Modeling of Aerospace Vehicles)
Abstract
The origins, development, implementation, and application of AEROM, NASA’s patented reduced-order modeling (ROM) software, are presented. Using the NASA FUN3D computational fluid dynamic (CFD) code, full and ROM aeroelastic solutions are computed at several Mach numbers and presented in the form of root locus plots. The use of root locus plots will help reveal the aeroelastic root migrations with increasing dynamic pressure. The method and software have been applied successfully to several configurations including the Lockheed-Martin N+2 supersonic configuration and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Sweden) generic wind-tunnel model, among others. The software has been released to various organizations with applications that include CFD-based aeroelastic analyses and the rapid modeling of high-fidelity dynamic stability derivatives. We present recent results obtained from the application of the method to the AGARD 445.6 wing that reveal several interesting insights. View Full-TextKeywords:
aeroelasticity; reduced-order model; flutter
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