Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
AE 585 Graduate Seminar Series - Interdisciplinary Aeronautics Studies: from UAVs to Future Mission-Adaptive Air Vehicles
Weihua Su, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, The University of Alabama
Weihua Su, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, The University of Alabama
The structural and aerodynamic optimization of aircraft planforms usually results in a highly flexible wing design, which undergoes large deformation when subject to normal operating loads, exhibiting a geometrically nonlinear behavior. This talk starts from a brief introduction on low-order aeroelastic modeling approaches for flexible aircraft in free flight. Furthermore, recent advancements in digital composite materials, as well as micro/nano sensor and actuator technologies have made in-flight adaptive wing/aircraft morphing a reachable goal and may open new design degrees of freedom when developing future green air vehicles with increased safety assurance and flight performance. In this talk, interdisciplinary research on next-generation mission-adaptive airplanes is also discussed, which is beyond the conventional realm of aeroelastic research and encompasses emerging technologies, such as advanced materials and structures, multi-objective design and optimization, and optimal flight control and performance. Some recent studies on mission-adaptive air vehicles conducted by the speaker are presented.
About the Speaker...
Dr. Weihua Su is currently an Associate Professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Alabama. He earned his B.S. (2000) and M.S. (2002) degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), China, and his Ph.D. (2008) degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Dr. Su’s research interests include nonlinear aeroelasticity and control synthesis of flexible mission-adaptive aircraft with adaptive multifunctional structures and sensing technologies, as well as dynamics and control of flexible launch vehicles. His research has been funded by NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), NASA Ames Research Center, and NASA Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Su is a senior member of AIAA and an elected
member of the AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee. He is also an elected member of the ASME Aerospace Division Structures and Materials Technical Committee.
The structural and aerodynamic optimization of aircraft planforms usually results in a highly flexible wing design, which undergoes large deformation when subject to normal operating loads, exhibiting a geometrically nonlinear behavior. This talk starts from a brief introduction on low-order aeroelastic modeling approaches for flexible aircraft in free flight. Furthermore, recent advancements in digital composite materials, as well as micro/nano sensor and actuator technologies have made in-flight adaptive wing/aircraft morphing a reachable goal and may open new design degrees of freedom when developing future green air vehicles with increased safety assurance and flight performance. In this talk, interdisciplinary research on next-generation mission-adaptive airplanes is also discussed, which is beyond the conventional realm of aeroelastic research and encompasses emerging technologies, such as advanced materials and structures, multi-objective design and optimization, and optimal flight control and performance. Some recent studies on mission-adaptive air vehicles conducted by the speaker are presented.
About the Speaker...
Dr. Weihua Su is currently an Associate Professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Alabama. He earned his B.S. (2000) and M.S. (2002) degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), China, and his Ph.D. (2008) degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Dr. Su’s research interests include nonlinear aeroelasticity and control synthesis of flexible mission-adaptive aircraft with adaptive multifunctional structures and sensing technologies, as well as dynamics and control of flexible launch vehicles. His research has been funded by NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), NASA Ames Research Center, and NASA Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Su is a senior member of AIAA and an elected
member of the AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee. He is also an elected member of the ASME Aerospace Division Structures and Materials Technical Committee.
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