Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics Proceedings of a French-Australian Workshop in Melbourne, Australia 3–6 December 2001

This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Melbourne, Australia, entitled "Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics". The 22 papers deal with new computational methods for multi-disciplinary design in aeronautics. They are grouped into chapters on fluids, str...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barton, Noel G. (Editor), Periaux, Jacques (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Fluids
  • The effect of noise and vibration on separated flow regions in hypersonic flow
  • Computational bluff body fluid dynamics and aeroelasticity
  • Dynamics and control of flames interacting with pressure waves
  • A general method for studying the hydrodynamic stability of flows in enclosures
  • 2 Structures
  • Application of unsteady fluid-structure methods to problems in aeronautics and space
  • Numerical simulation in aeroelasticity for complex configurations in a transonic flow
  • Numerical prediction of flow instabilities and aeroelastic effects
  • Explicit finite element modelling of impact events on composite aerospace structures
  • Dynamics and control of smart structures using piezoelectric actuators and sensors
  • Overview of nonlinear finite element modelling of flexible manoeuvring aerospace structures
  • 3 Electromagnetics
  • Inverse problems in HF radar
  • Antenna integration on aircraft; needs and methodology
  • An iterative method for time-harmonic integral Maxwell’s equations
  • High performance computation and visualization of EMs using an integrated computation system
  • 4 Optimisation
  • Genetic algorithm optimisation of mathematical models — an aircraft structural dynamics case study
  • Techniques for optimal shape design
  • Evolutionary algorithms for multi-objective design optimisation
  • 5 Mathematical Methods and Tools
  • Some remarks on fluid-structure interaction problems in case of rigid body plus small perturbations
  • An investigation of the least-squares finite element method in electromagnetism
  • Fluids, finite elements and multi-physics
  • 6 Aircraft design
  • Status and future challenges of CFD in a coupled simulation environment for aircraft design
  • Challenges in development of mini and micro air vehicles
  • Round Table Discussion
  • Future toolsfor design and manufacture of innovative products in the aeronautics industry