Thesis Opportunity in Aeroelasticity: Development of flexible aero-structural toolbox

Institut

Lehrstuhl für Luftfahrtsysteme

Typ

Bachelorarbeit / Semesterarbeit /

Inhalt

theoretisch /  

Beschreibung

As future transport aircraft continue to evolve, the trend toward high-aspect-ratio wings is becoming increasingly common, offering superior aerody-namic performance. However, these slender wings introduce significant structural flexibility, which must be considered at an early stage of the air-craft design process.
Traditionally, aeroelastic modeling—integrating both aerodynamic and structural models—requires significant manual effort and specialized expertise. This makes early-stage evaluation complex and time-consuming.
To address this challenge, the Chair of Aircraft Design has developed the Flexible Aero-Structural Toolbox (FAST). This in-house solution stream-lines the aeroelastic evaluation process, signifi-cantly reducing the modeling effort and improving efficiency for designers and engineers.
The FAST tool has been developed and validated using an A320-like configuration. Continuous ef-forts have been made to further validate the tool with other configurations, such as the Ventus sail-plane and the T-FLEX UAV. The tool is under con-stant development, with ongoing improvements focusing on enhanced modeling capabilities and robustness. The tool is now also capable of modeling hydrogen-powered aircraft and provides valuable insights into their aeroelastic behavior, supporting the development of sustainable, next-generation aviation concepts. 

 

As the development of FAST is currently in a dy-namic phase, the tool is being continuously im-proved and extended.
The specific tasks for this thesis will be defined in a preliminary meeting, taking into account individ-ual interests, previous knowledge, and the re-quirements of ongoing projects.
 

Voraussetzungen

•    Strong motivation for the topic
•    Structured and independent way of work-ing
•    Experience in programming (e.g. Python)
•    Good knowledge of aeroelasticity
 

Möglicher Beginn

sofort

Kontakt

Fanglin Yu, M.Sc.
Raum: Raum 3633
Tel.: +49 (89) 289 - 15988
fanglin.yutum.de

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