Finite Element Analysis of an Aircraft Wing

By AJAY KUMAR.R NOKESHBABU.Y SATHISVISWANATHAN.P SURESH RAJ.L B.E, Final Year Aeronautical Engg. Internal guide: Mr.PRABHAKARAN Designation, Department of Aeronautical Engineering GOJAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY External guide:Mr.V.PRABHAKARAN
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Abstract
The objective of this project is to analyze the dynamic structural response of an aircraft wing and to simulate it for various boundary conditions. The analysis has been done for different material properties and the comparison between the results has been studied. This report briefly explains the basics of the vibration, finite element method and its application using ANSYS. The analysis is carried out in ANSYS 11.0. The loading conditions are the self weight of the wing. The output extracted is the mode shapes of the wing at different frequencies.

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Materials selected and their properties

S.NO

Materials

Density
kg/m3

Youngs Modulus
GPa

Poissons Ratio

1.

2.

Aluminum AL7075 Titanium 6Al-4V

2810

72

0.33

4240

110

0.34

NODAL SOLUTION
Nodal solution for aluminum Al7075 No of modes extracted 25 The behavior of the material applied to the wing model is shown below

Mode1

Mode2

Mode3

Mode4

10

Mode5

11

Mode6

12

Mode7

13

Mode8

14

Mode9

15

Mode10

16

Mode11

17

Mode12

18

Mode13

19

Mode14

20

Mode15

21

Mode16

22

Mode17

23

Mode18

24

Mode19

25

Mode20

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Mode21

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Mode22

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Mode23

29

Mode24

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Mode25

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Comparison of nodal solution for Aluminum and Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Aluminum

Titanium

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Mode No

Frequency

Aluminum 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Titanium 4.7488
25.820 30.961 40.712 60.260 91.566 103.12 110.56 113.10 118.04 124.41 125.25

4.8176
26.209 31.415 41.441 61.159 92.832 104.64 112.08 114.44 119.45 125.90 126.89

13

130.42

128.86
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Mode No 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Frequency

Aluminum
162.15 165.16 168.08 179.13 205.65 208.00 219.30 226.15

Titanium
159.97 163.17 165.53 176.50 202.83 205.50 216.66 223.45

22
23 24 25

230.20
233.81 239.00 239.67

227.41
231.02 236.27 236.91
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Mode No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Frequency 12.988 61.034 82.168 127.650 236.200 344.220 384.840

8
9 10

480.770
540.020 650.570
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Experimental modal analysis

9. How many points are enough when running a modal test? A sufficient number of points to uniquely identify the mode is necessary.

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Modal Analysis
Modal analysis is a process of describing a structure in terms of its natural characteristics of its dynamic properties frequency, damping and mode shapes. Modal analysis is the study of the dynamic properties of structures under vibrational excitation. Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency. The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency. Damping damping is any effect that tends to reduce the amplitude of oscillations in an oscillatory system. Mode Shapes a mode shape describes the expected curvature (or displacement) of a surface vibrating at a particular mode. To determine the vibration of a system, the mode shape is multiplied by a function that varies with time, thus the mode shape always describes the curvature of vibration at all points in time, but the magnitude of the 67 curvature will change. The mode Shape is dependent on the shape of