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Efficient Uncertainty Quantification Applied to the Aeroelastic Analysis of a Transonic Wing
Proceedings of the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (2008, Reno, NV)
  • Serhat Hosder, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Robert W. Walters
  • Michael Balch
Abstract

The application of a Point-Collocation Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos method to the uncertainty quantification of a stochastic transonic aeroelastic wing problem has been demonstrated. The variation in the transient response of the first aeroelastic mode of a three-dimensional wing in transonic flow due to the uncertainty in free-stream Mach number and angle of attack was studied. A curve-fitting procedure was used to obtain time-independent parameterization of the transient aeroelastic responses. Among the uncertain parameters that characterize the time-dependent transients, the damping factor was chosen for uncertainty quantification, since this parameter can be thought as an indicator for flutter. Along with the mean and the standard deviation of the damping factor, the probability of having flutter for the given uncertainty in the Mach number and the angle of attack has been also calculated. Besides the Point-Collocation Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos method, 1000 Latin Hypercube Monte Carlo simulations were also performed to quantify the uncertainty in the damping factor. The results obtained for various statistics of the damping factor including the flutter probability showed that an 8th degree Point-Collocation Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos expansion is capable of estimating the statistics at an accuracy level of 1000 Latin Hypercube Monte Carlo simulation with a significantly lower computational cost. In addition to the uncertainty quantification, the response surface approximation, sensitivity analysis, and reconstruction of the transient response via Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos were also demonstrated.

Meeting Name
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (2008: Jan. 7-10, Reno, NV)
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Aeroelastic Analysis,
  • Efficient Uncertainty Quantification,
  • Transonic Wing
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2008 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Publication Date
01 Jan 2008
Citation Information
Serhat Hosder, Robert W. Walters and Michael Balch. "Efficient Uncertainty Quantification Applied to the Aeroelastic Analysis of a Transonic Wing" Proceedings of the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (2008, Reno, NV) (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/serhat-hosder/16/