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Performance Adaptive Aeroelastic Wings (PAAW) for Aircraft

Wing Design

Pictures of the Wing Assembly (Click on pictures to see the enlarged views)

Movie Animations of the Wing (Click on the links below to view)

Modeling and Analysis of Flapping Flight

Movie Animations of the Wing (Click on the links below to view)

Relevant Publications

  • [BC1] B. Obradovic and K. Subbarao, “Modeling and Simulation of Morphing Wing Aircraft”, Chapter 5, pages 87-125, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012
  • [J5] Obradovic, B., Subbarao, K., “Modeling of Flight Dynamics of Morphing Wing Aircraft” AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Volume 48, Number 2, March-April 2011, pp. 391-402
  • [J4] Obradovic, B., Subbarao, K., “Modeling of Dynamic Loading of Morphing Wing Aircraft” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Volume 48, Number 2, March-April 2011, pp. 424-435.
  • [J3] Dang, P., Lewis, F. L., Subbarao, K., Stephanou, H. E., “Optimal Placement of Microactuators for Distributed Control using Neural Networks”, Int. Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics, and Soft Computing, Vol. 1, pp. 27-34, Jan. 2008.
  • [J2] Singla P., Subbarao K., Junkins J. L., “Direction Dependent Learning Approach for Radial Basis Function Networks”, IEEE Transactions of Neural Networks, Vol. 18, pp. 203-222, January 2007.
  • [J1] Webb, M. B., Subbarao, K., “Mathematical Modeling for Modal Computations Concerning a Morphable Wing”, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 849-853, March 2005.
  • [C12] Rege, A., Dennis, B., Subbarao, K., “Parametric Study on Wing Flapping Path of a Micro Air Vehicle Using Computational Techniques”, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 7-10 January 2013, Grapevine, TX, USA, AIAA~2013-0953.
  • [C11] Rege, A., Subbarao, K., Dennis, B., “Open Loop Simulation of the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle”, Proc. of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, 2012 (doi: 10.2514/6.2012-5025)
  • [C10] Obradovic, B., Subbarao, K., “Design and Simulation of a Morphing-Wing Controller with Actuator Loading Penalization”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Paper No. AIAA-2011-6390, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 8-11, 2011
  • [C9] Obradovic, B., Subbarao, K., “Modeling of Dynamic Loading of Morphing Wing Aircraft”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Toronto, CA, August 2-5, 2010
  • [C8] Obradovic, B., Subbarao, K., “Modeling and Simulation to Study Flight Dynamics of a Morphable Wing Aircraft”, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, 10 – 13 August 2009, Chicago, Illinois, Paper No.~AIAA-2009-6240.
  • [C7] Parikh, K. K., Dogan, A., Subbarao, K., Huff, B., Reyes, A. R., “CAE Tools for Modeling Inertia and Aerodynamic Properties of an R/C Airplane”, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, 10 – 13 August 2009, Chicago, Illinois, Paper No.~AIAA-AIAA 2009-6043.
  • [C6] Subbarao, K., Supekar, A., Lawrence, K., “Investigation of Morphable Wing Structures for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Performance Augmentation”, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Seattle, WA, April 2009, Paper No.~AIAA-2009-1829.
  • [C5] Goss, J. D., Subbarao, K., “Inlet Shape Optimization Based on POD Model Reduction of Euler Equations”, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, September 10-12, 2008.
  • [C4] Dang, P., Lewis, F. L, Subbarao, K., Stephanou, H., “Shape Control of Flexible Structure using Potential Field Method”, IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, San Antonio, TX, USA, September 3-5, 2008.
  • [C3] Goss, J. D., Subbarao, K., “Adjoint Methods for Inlet Shape Optimization”, AIAA 2008-4381, AIAA 38th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, June 23-26, 2008, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • [C2] Subbarao, K., Dennis, B., Goss, J. D., “Optimal Location and Sizing of Synthetic Jet Actuators for Virtual Aerodynamic Shaping”, AIAA-2005-4766, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan 2005.
  • [C1] Singla, P., Subbarao, K., Rediniotis, O. K., Junkins, J. L., “Intelligent Radial Basis Function Networks For Multiresolution Modeling: Application to Synthetic Jet Actuation and Flow Control”, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 5 – 8 Jan 2004.