Yearly Archives: 2023

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 excitation. The model, representative of the U-HARWARD project Reference Aircraft with Aspect Ratio = 15, implements the Folding WingTip configuration, i.e. the outer 30% of the wing is connected to the central wing by means of a

By |2023-11-29T17:54:56+02:00October 31st, 2023|News|Comments Off on AEROELASTIC TESTING OF AE2 WT MODEL UNDER GUST EXCITATION

AR20+ WORKSHOP ON HIGH ASPECT RATIO WINGS TECHNOLOGIES AND U-HARWARD FINAL DISSEMINATION EVENT (OCTOBER 5-6, 2023)

5-6 October 2023 The AR20+ workshop on high aspect ratio wings, organized by Imperial College at Brahmal Vasudevan Institute for Sustainable Aviation, Imperial College London, will kindly host the Final Dissemination Event of U-HARWARD project, Friday, October 6, from 13 to 15. It is possible to register for the event free of charge.

By |2023-10-03T10:40:32+02:00October 3rd, 2023|News|Comments Off on AR20+ WORKSHOP ON HIGH ASPECT RATIO WINGS TECHNOLOGIES AND U-HARWARD FINAL DISSEMINATION EVENT (OCTOBER 5-6, 2023)

WIND TUNNEL AERODINAMIC TEST OF MODEL AA SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED!

14 July 2023 Middle July 2023 the aerodynamic test campaign of model AA has been successfully completed. Different angle of attack and side, together with three angles of attack of htail, have been tested for a total of more than 500 test points.

By |2023-10-03T10:37:33+02:00July 14th, 2023|News|Comments Off on WIND TUNNEL AERODINAMIC TEST OF MODEL AA SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED!

DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND DELIVERY OF AERODINAMIC MODEL AA

3 July 2023 The aerodynamic model of SBW configuration proposed by ONERA designed by IBK and manufactured by Eligio Re Fraschini has been delivered to POLIMI. The rigid model represents the full aircraft, scaled 1:22. It will be tested at POLIMI to identify te low-speed stability derivatives.

By |2023-10-03T10:35:47+02:00July 3rd, 2023|News|Comments Off on DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND DELIVERY OF AERODINAMIC MODEL AA

U-HARWARD 2nd dissemination event

24 May 2023 U-HARWARD second dissemination event took place online on 24 May 2023. A total of 9 presentation were given from three inolved projects: five from the U-HARWARD, three from the REHA and one from the UP Wing. We were pleased to share the results with more than 50 attendees. All the presentations

By |2023-05-24T16:24:06+02:00May 24th, 2023|News|Comments Off on U-HARWARD 2nd dissemination event

WIND TUNNEL FLUTTER TEST OF AEROELASTIC MODEL AE1 SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED!

May 2023 The first week of May, 2023, the flutter test of aeroelastic model AE1 has been successfully completed at POLIMI’s Large Wind tunnel. Different velocities, angles of attack as well as chordwise positions of the strut- wing connection have been successfully tested. The identification phase has been carried out combining an air jet

By |2023-07-04T15:10:59+02:00May 18th, 2023|News|Comments Off on WIND TUNNEL FLUTTER TEST OF AEROELASTIC MODEL AE1 SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED!

DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND DELIVERY OF AEROELASTIC MODEL AE1

May 2023 The aeroelastic wind tunnel model named AE1 represents a constant Froude scaled model of the strut-braced wing configuration including both wing and structure. It is conceived for the preliminary low speed flutter investigations and for a limited number of sensitivity analysis. The model has been conceived by ONERA, POLIMI and IBK, while

By |2023-05-18T20:58:11+02:00May 18th, 2023|News|Comments Off on DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND DELIVERY OF AEROELASTIC MODEL AE1

U-HARWARD second dissemination event

THE PARTICIPATION TO THIS EVENT IS FREE: FOR ORGANIZATION REASONS IT IS REQUESTED A REGISTRATION. Register Here! ONLINE WORKSHOP Wednesday May 24, 2023: 9:00 - 13:00 Agenda U-HARWARD Project Contributions 9:00 – 9:20 Introduction, Project structure, methods, goals and status (POLIMI) 9:20 – 9:40 Conceptual and preliminary design of high aspect ratio

By |2023-05-23T14:57:22+02:00May 12th, 2023|News|Comments Off on U-HARWARD second dissemination event

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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