Effects of design parameters on the aeroelastic performance of a cruise missile wing

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2019
Ertürk, Burak
The design of a cruise missile wing is a multidisciplinary work since the wing has to provide enough aerodynamic forces while being structurally safe. Furthermore, the wing needs to satisfy other considerations such as propulsion, weight, flight performance, sizing for launch platform integration and other measures of merit. In order to meet these design requirements and achieve a successful design, several parameters of the wing need to be investigated at various flight conditions. In this thesis, aeroelastic characteristics of different wing geometries are investigated at various altitudes and speeds. The design of experiments is constructed by changing several variables of the wing systematically to have a better understanding of the effects of design parameters on the aeroelastic characteristics of the wings. Flutter speeds are calculated to examine the aeroelastic characteristics of the wings and the aeroelastic analyses for the determination of the flutter speed are conducted by using ZAERO package program.

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B. Ertürk, “Effects of design parameters on the aeroelastic performance of a cruise missile wing,” Thesis (M.S.) -- Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. Aerospace Engineering., Middle East Technical University, 2019.