Research goals

Key topics

Geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis using complex GFEMs

• Flight (dynamic/static) loads.
• Airframe integrity: flutter or divergence assessment.
• Multidisciplinary design optimisation.

Max performance:

• Critical for time-domain simulations.
• JAX Just in Time Compilation (JIT)
• Code vectorisation and parallelisation.
• Branchless programming.
• Run on accelerators (GPUs, TPUs, etc.).

Derivatives of aeroelastic analysis for design optimisation.

• Using JAX algorithmic differentiation.

Uncertainty quantification via Montecarlo

Relevant publications:

• An Intrinsic Description of the Nonlinear Aeroelasticity of Very Flexible Wings

• A non-intrusive geometrically nonlinear augmentation to generic linear aeroelastic models
• A Geometrically Nonlinear Approach For The Aeroelastic Analysis Of Commercial Transport Aircraft

• JAX-based aeroelastic simulation engine for differentiable aircraft dynamics