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A Comprehensive Rapid Assessment of
Flutter/Ejection-Loads (RAFEL) Software System
for Aircraft /Store Compatibility

ABSTRACT

For aircraft /store compatibility, a comprehensive software system requested by the Air Force for rapid assessment of flutter and ejection loads (RAFEL) poses challenging requirements. With ZAERO aeroelastic software as a base, ZONA can establish a RAFEL system satisfying all AF’s requirements. Specifically, ZONA will develop RAFEL in Phase I with: a) solution accuracy with flutter solution robustness via ZONA’s g-method, high-fidelity ZONA aerodynamic wing-body modeling, extended flutter/unsteady aerodynamic range covering subsonic/transonic and supersonic Mach numbers; b) computation efficiency for massive store/aircraft combinations; and c) rapid selection of critical cases of flutter, ASE instability, LCO and ejection loads. RAFEL program architecture contains three subsystems: i) unified aerodynamic influence coefficients (UAIC) matrix system of ZAERO to substantially reduce repetitive computing effort; ii) massive store management (MSM) system for effective data management of UAIC assembly; iii) a data mining system for rapid screening MSM data and selection of all critical cases. Selected test cases for RAFEL validation include three distinctive F-16/store cases in transonic flight. ZONA is committed to work closely with AF in Phase II to achieve a fully integrated RAFEL system in a distributed computing environment with added capability in flutter-mode tracking, optimum store-release scheduling, minimized ejection loads and a GUI system.

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