K. Jovanov, R. De Breuker
DOI Number: N/A
Conference number: IFASD-2015-119
This paper presents a methodology on how to effectively solve static high-fidelity aeroelastic problems for high-subsonic and transonic flow regimes. The idea is to employ a low-fidelity aerodynamic model to reduce the computational cost of the high-fidelity aeroelastic problem. The low-fidelity model, in this work a linear aerodynamics model, is used systematically through a model management strategy to accelerate the convergence of the high-fidelity aeroelastic equilibrium. The high-fidelity aerodynamic model is discretized by the finite volume method and the Euler equations are solved in SU2. The structural model is a geometrically non-linear beam element model.