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Overview
The Aeroelasticity Branch (AB) conducts a broad-based research and technology program to obtain a fundamental understanding of aeroelastic and unsteady-aerodynamic phenomena experienced by aerospace vehicles, especially in the transonic speed regime. The program content includes theoretical aeroelasticity, experimental aeroelasticity, and advanced aeroservoelastic concepts. To support the Agency, the Department of Defense, and the US aerospace industry, the AB: 1) performs aeroelastic, aeroservoelastic, and unsteady aerodynamic analyses for fixed-wing and rotorcraft configurations at the appropriate level of fidelity for the problem at hand; 2) conducts aeroelastic, aeroservoelastic, and unsteady aerodynamic experiments, primarily in the Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, to validate methodologies and concepts, to support flutter-clearance and other industry tests, and to gain valuable insights available only through testing; 3) provides expert aeroelastic, aeroservoelastic, and unsteady-aerodynamic consultation for critical Agency and National urgent response projects; and 4) creates and develops computational-fluid-dynamic, computational-aeroelastic, and computational-aeroservoelastic analysis tools that advance the state of the art in aeroelasticity through novel and creative application of aeroelastic knowledge.
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