Wei Xia^1,2,*, Weilin Kong¹, Yupeng Feng¹, Shengping Shen^1,2,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 1-2, 2022, DOI:10.32604/icces.2022.08765

Abstract Post-buckling and panel flutter behaviors of ceramic-metal FGM plates are studied for the skins of supersonic aircrafts. The effects of asymmetric material and temperature distributions, as well as the aerodynamic loads, on the thermo-mechanical response of FGM plates are discussed using finite element simulations. The aero-thermo-elastic model is established by using the simple power law material distribution, the rule of mixture for material effective properties, the nonlinear Fourier equations of heat conduction, von-Karman strain-displacement nonlinear relations, and the piston theory for supersonic aerodynamics. The finite element equations are established using the first-order shear deformable plate elements. The thermal post-buckling equilibrium… More >

Wei Xia^1,2,*, Kun Wang¹, Haitao Yang¹, Shengping Shen¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 27-27, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05197

Abstract Panel flutter arises from the aeroelastic instability of the skin structures on the high-speed vehicles, usually in supersonic regime and combined with thermal environment. Unlike the catastrophic flutter of the wings, panel flutter tends to be treated as non-catastrophic one. The nonlinear panel flutter response is of great interest to find the fatigue loading spectra. Present work introduces an aeroelastic model for a thermal isolating panel made from functionally graded materials (FGMs). The Mindlin plate theory is employed to establish the structural equations, the first-order piston theory is adopted for the supersonic aerodynamic loads, and the von-Karman strain-displacement relation is… More >

Xiaomin An¹, Min Xu¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.98, No.6, pp. 601-629, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.098.601

Abstract Nonlinear aeroelasticity, caused by the interaction between nonlinear fluid and geometrically nonlinear structure, is studied by an improved CFD and CSD coupled program. An AUSMpw+ flux splitting scheme, combined with an implicit time marching technology and geometric conservation law, is utilized to solve unsteady aerodynamic pressure; The finite element co-rotational theory is applied to model geometrically nonlinear two-dimensional and three-dimensional panels, and a predictor-corrector program with an approximately energy conservation is developed to obtain nonlinear structure response. The two solvers are connected by Farhat’s second order loosely coupled method and the aerodynamic loads and structural displacements are transferred by boundary… More >

Dan Xie¹, Min Xu²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.93, No.5, pp. 377-409, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.093.377

Abstract We apply a simple proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method to compute the nonlinear oscillations of a degenerate two-dimensional fluttering plate undergoing supersonic flow. First, the von Karman’s large deflection theory and quasi-steady aerodynamic theory are employed in constructing the governing equations of the simply supported plate. Then, the governing equations are solved by both the Galerkin method and the POD method. The Galerkin method is accurate but sometimes computationally expensive, since the number of degrees of freedom (dofs) required is relatively large provided that nonlinearity is strong. The POD method can be used to capture the complex dynamics of a… More >