1st AIAA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop (AePW-1)

2-Day Workshop April 2012, Honolulu, HI
(Associated with the 28th AIAA SDM Conference)

Objectives

Assess state-of-the-art Computational Aeroelasticity(CAe) methods as practical tools for the prediction of static and dynamic aeroelastic phenomena and responses on relevant geometries

Perform comparative computational studies on selected test cases
Identify errors & uncertainties in computational aeroelastic methods
Identify gaps in existing aeroelastic databases
Provide roadmap of path forward

Additional existing data sets?
New experimental data sets?
Analytical methods developments?

Guiding Principles

Provide an impartial international forum for evaluating the effectiveness of CAe methods
Promote balanced participation across academia, government labs, and industry
Use common public-domain subject geometries, simple enough to permit high-fidelity computations
Provide baseline grids and baseline structural models to encourage participation and help reduce variability of CAe results
Openly discuss and identify areas needing additional research and development
Conduct rigorous statistical analyses of CAe results to establish confidence levels in predictions
Schedule open-forum sessions to further engage interaction among all interested parties
Maintain a public-domain-accessible database of geometries, grids, and results
Document workshop findings; disseminate this information through publications and presentations

Approach

Utilizing the classical considerations in aeroelasticity

· Fluid dynamics

· Structural dynamics

· Fluid/structure coupling

Validation Objective of 1^st workshop

· Unsteady aerodynamic pressures due to forced modal oscillations

Future Workshops

· Directed by results of this workshop

· Directed by big-picture assessment of needs & interests

General Information

This workshop is open to participants worldwide. Efforts will be made to ensure representation from all areas of industry, academia and government laboratories.
Participation in the aeroelastic calculations is not required to attend the workshop. Everyone is welcome!
Open forums will be included in the workshop to discuss the solutions and modeling techniques.
Results will be made available after the workshop in a report and on the AePW website.
A nominal registration fee will be required for attendance.
AIAA membership is not required.

Important Dates for AePW Participants

Identify Organizing Committee	1^st quarter	Dec 1, 2010
Geometries Available	2nd quarter	2011
Grids Available	2^nd Quarter	2011
Abstracts Due¹	Nov 1	2011
Acceptance Notification	4^th Quarter	2011
Data Submittal	March	2012
AePW-1 Registration (AIAA)	prior to workshop	2012
Workshop²	April 21-22	2012
Data Resubmittal	June 30	2012

¹You must send in an abstract if you plan to submit data and present results at the workshop. The abstract should be no more than 1 page long, and should contain at least the following information: name(s), affiliation(s), corresponding author contact information (mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address), brief description of solver code(s), name of supplied grid(s) being used and/or brief description of other grid(s) being used, and whether the optional case 3 is being computed. Please e-mail to: aeroelasticpw@gmail.com. See sampleabstract.doc for a sample 1-page abstract.

²Workshop participants are expected to give presentations of their results. These are not official AIAA-type presentations, and there are no written papers associated with this workshop. However, some participants will be invited to write and present a paper for a special session on aeroelastic prediction to be held during a future AIAA conference.

Information pertinent to All Cases

Gridding Guidelines

Flow conditions for Test cases

Data Submittal Forms & Postprocessing Info (under construction)

FAQs (under construction)

Workshop Presentations & Agenda

Workshop Results (under construction)

Presentations from AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference (SDM 2012) (place saver)

Participating Organizations (Organizing Committee)

Organization (1st auth)	City, Country
Aachen University	Aachen, Germany
ANSYS Germany	Waterloo, Canada
ATA Engineering	Huntsville, AL, USA
Boeing	Seattle, WA, USA
Duke University	Durham, NC, USA
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)	Gottingen, Germany
FOI	Stockholm, Sweden
Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA
Gulfstream Aerospace	Savannah, GA, USA
NASA Langley (3)	Hampton VA, USA
European Wind Tunnel	Koeln, Germany
University of Wyoming	Laramie WY, USA

History of Information to Participants

Date Sent	Subject
April 2011	AePW Status Report Presentation to SDTC (pdf)

Workshop Flyer (JPG file)

AIAA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop

Contact

To sign up to be included on the AePW email distribution list, for notification of updates, or for general questions or other information Email: aeroelasticpw@gmail.com

Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop Organizing Committee

· Alexander Boucke and Josef Ballmann - Aachen University

· Dimitri Mavriplis - University of Wyoming

· Earl Dowell - Duke University

· Eric Blades - ATA Engineering, Inc.

· Guido Dietz - European Transonic Windtunnel (ETW)

· Kumar Bhatia and Mori Mani - Boeing

· Marilyn Smith - Georgia Institute of Technology

· Paul Taylor - Gulfstream Aerospace

· Pawel Chwalowski, Jennifer Heeg, David Schuster, Jennifer Florance, Carol Wieseman, Boyd Perry - NASA

· Thorsten Hansen - ANSYS Germany GmbH

· Wolf Krüger and Markus Ritter - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

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