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The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Amoozgar, M., Hall, M., Dimitriadis, G., & Cooper, J. E. (2024, January). The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft. Paper presented at AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, Orlando, FL

In this paper, the effect of thrust vectoring of propulsors on the aeroelastic stability of an electric aircraft wing powered up with electric propulsors is investigated. The electric aircraft is composed of six high-lift and one cruise propulsors. T... Read More about The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft.

A review of control strategies used for morphing aircraft applications (2024)
Journal Article
Parancheerivilakkathil, M. S., Pilakkadan, J. S., Ajaj, R. M., Amoozgar, M., Asadi, D., Zweiri, Y., & Friswell, M. I. (2024). A review of control strategies used for morphing aircraft applications. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 37(4), 436-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2023.12.035

This paper reviews the various control algorithms and strategies used for fixed-wing morphing aircraft applications. It is evident from the literature that the development of control algorithms for morphing aircraft technologies focused on three main... Read More about A review of control strategies used for morphing aircraft applications.

On the Aeroelasticity of a Cantilever Wing Equipped with the Spanwise Morphing Trailing Edge Concept (2023)
Journal Article
Pilakkadan, J. S., Ajaj, R. M., Haider, Z., & Amoozgar, M. (2023). On the Aeroelasticity of a Cantilever Wing Equipped with the Spanwise Morphing Trailing Edge Concept. Aerospace, 10(9), Article 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10090809

This paper studies the aeroelastic behavior of a rectangular, cantilever wing equipped with the spanwise morphing trailing edge (SMTE) concept. The SMTE consists of multiple trailing edge flaps that allow controlling the spanwise camber distribution... Read More about On the Aeroelasticity of a Cantilever Wing Equipped with the Spanwise Morphing Trailing Edge Concept.

Tailored twist morphing achieved using graded bend–twist metamaterials (2022)
Journal Article
Gu, H., Taghipour, J., Shaw, A. D., Amoozgar, M., Zhang, J., Wang, C., & Friswell, M. I. (2022). Tailored twist morphing achieved using graded bend–twist metamaterials. Composite Structures, 300, Article 116151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116151

This work develops a morphing concept that utilises a metamaterial as the passive morphing device for helicopter blades. The metamaterials are created with bend–twist coupling, which enable the blade twist under prescribed bending loads. Finite eleme... Read More about Tailored twist morphing achieved using graded bend–twist metamaterials.

Free vibration analysis of curved lattice sandwich beams (2022)
Journal Article
Amoozgar, M., Fazelzadeh, S. A., Ghavanloo, E., & Ajaj, R. M. (2022). Free vibration analysis of curved lattice sandwich beams. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2022.2114043

In this paper, the effects of initial curvature and lattice core shape on the bending vibration of sandwich beams are investigated. The three-dimensional (3D) sandwich beam is simulated by combining a two-dimensional (2D) cross-sectional analysis wit... Read More about Free vibration analysis of curved lattice sandwich beams.

Resonant passive energy balancing for a morphing helicopter blade (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Shaw, A. D., Wang, C., Gu, H., Amoozgar, M., & Friswell, M. I. (2022). Resonant passive energy balancing for a morphing helicopter blade. Aerospace Science and Technology, 128, Article 107786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2022.107786

The idea of morphing a helicopter blade by using compliant structures promises augmented capabilities in terms of manoeuvrability and fuel efficiency. To achieve morphing, compliant structures work by elastically deforming to achieve the desired resp... Read More about Resonant passive energy balancing for a morphing helicopter blade.

Elastomer-based skins for morphing aircraft applications: Effect of biaxial strain rates and prestretch (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmad, D., Ajaj, R. M., & Amoozgar, M. (2022). Elastomer-based skins for morphing aircraft applications: Effect of biaxial strain rates and prestretch. Polymer Testing, 113, Article 107655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107655

There is an emerging trend in the morphing aircraft research where two or more morphing degrees of freedom are used on a wing which leads to the concept of polymorphing. The skin of the morphing wing must be flexible in the morphing direction but sti... Read More about Elastomer-based skins for morphing aircraft applications: Effect of biaxial strain rates and prestretch.

A Polymorphing Wing Capable of Span Extension and Variable Pitch (2022)
Journal Article
Parancheerivilakkathil, M. S., Haider, Z., Ajaj, R. M., & Amoozgar, M. (2022). A Polymorphing Wing Capable of Span Extension and Variable Pitch. Aerospace, 9(4), Article 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9040205

This paper presents the development of a novel polymorphing wing capable of Active Span morphing And Passive Pitching (ASAPP) for small UAVs. The span of an ASAPP wing can be actively extended by up to 25% to enhance aerodynamic efficiency, whilst it... Read More about A Polymorphing Wing Capable of Span Extension and Variable Pitch.

Nonlinear aeroelastic stability analysis of a two-stage axially moving telescopic wing by using fully intrinsic equations (2022)
Journal Article
Moravej Barzani, S. H., Shahverdi, H., & Amoozgar, M. (2022). Nonlinear aeroelastic stability analysis of a two-stage axially moving telescopic wing by using fully intrinsic equations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 236(15), 3102–3110. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100221080117

During the process of span extension for an aircraft wing equipped with a telescopic morphing mechanism, the wing aspect ratio increases, and hence, the geometrical nonlinearities might become more significant. In this regard, this paper aims to inve... Read More about Nonlinear aeroelastic stability analysis of a two-stage axially moving telescopic wing by using fully intrinsic equations.

Parametric study on the dynamic aeroelastic analysis of a two-stage axially deploying telescopic wing (2022)
Journal Article
Moravej Barzani, S. H., Shahverdi, H., & Amoozgar, M. (2023). Parametric study on the dynamic aeroelastic analysis of a two-stage axially deploying telescopic wing. Journal of Vibration and Control, 29(9-10), 2021-2034. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775463221074145

In this paper, the flutter instability of a conventional two-stage axially moving telescopic UAV wing is investigated. To this aim, and to be as close as possible to the reality, the effects of temporal variation of mass and length, due to the moveme... Read More about Parametric study on the dynamic aeroelastic analysis of a two-stage axially deploying telescopic wing.