Flight Research of Hyperelastic Materials, Year 3
Status: Completed
Start Date: 2015-10-01
End Date: 2016-09-30
Description: 1) Design/formulate an experiment to install various size panels of hyperelastic material with various stretch ratios applied on F-15B FTF. 2) Execute several flights to supersonic speeds to evaluate panel flutter frequencies and speeds of hyperelastic panels.
Benefits: Potential Applications: Launch Propulsion Systems, EDL, Modeling, advanced modeling, simulation, information & processing configuration to surpass conventional technologies, lightweight structures
Lead Organization: Armstrong Flight Research Center