U-Harward Project
Ultra High Aspect Ratio Wing Advanced Research and Designs
U-Harward Project | Ultra High Aspect Ratio Wing Advanced Research and Designs
U-HARWARD will consider the use of innovative aerodynamic and aeroelastic designs in a multi-fidelity multi-disciplinary optimal design approach to facilitate the development of Ultra-High aspect ratio wings for large transport aircraft. A Conceptual Design Study, building on the current state of the art, will perform trade-off studies to determine the potential gains of different wing configurations and loads alleviation concepts in terms of aerodynamics, weight, noise, fuel-burn and range. Scaled model wind tunnel tests will be used to validate parametric variations in the aerodynamic and acoustic characteristics. Starting from a reference aircraft, the preliminary design of the best candidate configuration will be completed and the estimated gains validated using high fidelity tools and a larger scale aeroelastic test.
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CS2-U-HARWARD Project End: summary video of experimental activity at POLIMI
Oct 2, 2023, was the official closure of U-HARWARD project. The project based on the contributions of six
AR20+ WORKSHOP ON HIGH ASPECT RATIO WINGS TECHNOLOGIES AND U-HARWARD FINAL DISSEMINATION EVENT PRESENTATIONS
The Final Dissemination Event of U-HARWARD project took place on Friday 6 October 2023 and it was
AEROELASTIC TESTING OF AE2 WT MODEL UNDER GUST EXCITATION
October 23-27, 2023 The large aeroelastic model AE2 has been tested at POLIMI’s Large Wind tunnel under gust