IGF::OT::IGF IN PHASE I, A PROTOTYPICAL FUN3D-BASED ZONA EULER UNSTEADY SOLVER (FUNZEUS) WAS DEVELOPED TO G…

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IGF::OT::IGF IN PHASE I, A PROTOTYPICAL FUN3D-BASED ZONA EULER UNSTEADY SOLVER (FUNZEUS) WAS DEVELOPED TO GENERATE THE GENERALIZED AERODYNAMIC FORCES (GAFS) DUE TO STRUCTURAL MODES, CONTROL SURFACE KINEMATIC MODES, AND GUST EXCITATION USING A FREQUENCY-DOMAIN LINEARIZED UNSTRUCTURED EULER SOLVER BASED ON THE NAVIER-STOKES SOLUTION OF FUN3D AS THE STEADY BACKGROUND FLOW. THESE GAFS CAN LEAD TO A STATE-SPACE EQUATION REPRESENTING THE PLANT MODEL FOR RAPID AEROELASTIC AND AEROSERVOELASTIC (ASE) DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. THE OVERALL TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF PHASE II IS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE A PRODUCTION-READY FUNZEUS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BY ENHANCING THE PROTOTYPICAL FUNZEUS (1) TO DRASTICALLY IMPROVE ITS COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; (2) TO EXPAND ITS COMMERCIALIZATION POTENTIAL BY INTERFACING WITH OTHER COMMERCIAL CFD CODES; (3) TO INCLUDE THE STATIC AEROELASTIC EFFECTS IN THE GAF GENERATION; (4) TO DEMONSTRATE ITS APPLICABILITY TO COMPLEX CONFIGURATIONS; (5) TO SHOWCASE ITS PLANT MODEL GENERATION CAPABILITY USING SPOILERS AND OTHER CONTROL SURFACES; AND (6) TO IMPROVE ITS MAINTAINABILITY AND MODULARITY BY INTEGRATING ALL MODULES IN A ZONA'S DATABASE AND DYNAMIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.