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  1. Nested-Architecture Adaptive Control of the FliteTest Explorer

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  2. Evaluating the Variational Theory of Lift as Applied to Conformal Mappings of Airfoils

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  3. Theory and Implementation of Shape Sensitivities in a Rapid Hypersonic Impact Method (HI-Mach)

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  4. Lifting-Line Analysis of an Aircraft With a Bio-Inspired Rotating Empennage During Aerial Refueling

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Amanda Olsen, Douglas F Hunsaker

  5. A Unified Procedure for Velocity Influence Calculation Within Subsonic/Supersonic Linear Panel Methods

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  6. Effects of Equivalent Area Changes on Boom Loudness of the N+2 Supersonic Transport Concept Vehicle

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  7. Dynamic Mode Characteristics of Asymmetric Aircraft

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  8. Application of the Adjoint Method to a Subsonic/Supersonic Panel Code for Rapid Aerodynamic Optimization

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Christian Bolander, Douglas F Hunsaker

  9. Investigating Stability of Hypersonic Conically-Derived Waverider Vehicles

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  10. 3 Degree-of-Freedom Aircraft Flight Analysis and Reporting (FLARE) for Trajectory Optimization

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  11. Comparison and Combination of Aerodynamic Data Sources for a Modern Fighter Aircraft

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  12. Derivation and Implementation of Relaxable Wake Vortex Filaments in a Supersonic Panel Code

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joshua Hurwitz, Douglas F Hunsaker

  13. Linearized Rigid-Body Dynamics of Asymmetric Aircraft

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  14. Evaluation of First-Order Actuator Dynamics and Linear Controller for a Bio-Inspired Rotating Empennage Fighter Aircraft

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Ben Moulton

  15. Stick-Fixed Maneuver Points in Roll, Pitch, and Yaw and Associated Handling Qualities

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Ben Moulton

  16. Aerodynamic State Determination Using Multi-Port Pitot Probes with Arbitrary Port Locations

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Joshua Hurwitz

  17. Using a Topology Optimization Results Interpreter on the Frame of an Aircraft with a Bio-Inspired Rotating Empennage

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Christian Bolander, Douglas F Hunsaker

  18. Characterization of the Common Research Model Wing for Low-Fidelity Aerostructural Analysis

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Jeffrey Taylor

  19. Computational Design Methodology of Adaptive Outer Mold Line for Robust Low En-Route Noise of a Supersonic Aircraft

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Justin Schoppe

  20. Controlling Roll-Yaw Coupling with Aileron Placement and Wing Twist

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  21. Comparison of Theoretical and High-Fidelity Aerostructural Solutions

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jeffrey Taylor, Douglas F Hunsaker

  22. General Approach to Lifting-Line Theory, Applied to Wings with Sweep

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, December 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  23. Adverse-Yaw Control During Roll for a Class of Optimal Lift Distributions

    Article • AIAA Journal, July 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  24. Minimum Induced Drag for Tapered Wings Including Structural Constraints

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, July 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Jeffrey Taylor

  25. Analytic and computational analysis of wing twist to minimize induced drag during roll

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  26. Aerodynamic Centers of Arbitrary Airfoils Below Stall

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, November 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Jeffrey Taylor

  27. Minimizing Induced Drag with Weight Distribution, Lift Distribution, Wingspan, and Wing-Structure Weight

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jeffrey Taylor, Douglas F Hunsaker

  28. Minimum-Frequency Spanwise Twist for Yawing-Moment Control During Roll

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  29. Experimental Evaluation of the Performance of Parabolic Flaps

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Al Habib Ullah

  30. A Multi-Fidelity Prediction of Aerodynamic and Sonic Boom Characteristics of the JAXA Wing Body

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Christian Bolander, Douglas F Hunsaker, Justin Schoppe

  31. Comparison of Induced and Parasitic Drag on Wings with Minimum Induced Drag

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jeffrey Taylor, Douglas F Hunsaker

  32. Effect of Sweep on Airfoil Section Properties

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  33. Procedure for the Calculation of the Perceived Loudness of Sonic Booms

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker, Christian Bolander

  34. A Methodology for Roll Control of Morphing Aircraft

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  35. Lifting-Line Analysis of Wing Twist to Minimize Induced Drag During Pure Rolling Motion

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  36. Prediction of Sonic Boom Loudness Using High-Order Panel Methods for the Near-Field Solution

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  37. Extended 3D Class/Shape Transformation equations for multicomponent aircraft assemblies

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  38. Aerodynamic Center at the Root of Swept, Elliptic Wings in Inviscid Flow

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  39. Designing Wing Twist or Planform Distributions for Specified Lift Distributions

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, December 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  40. Minimizing Induced Drag with Lift Distribution and Wingspan

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, October 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  41. Geometry and Aerodynamic Performance of Parabolic Trailing-Edge Flaps

    Article • January 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  42. Aerodynamic Centers of Arbitrary Airfoils

    Article • January 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  43. Experimental Results for a Variable Camber Compliant Wing

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  44. Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Morphing Wings at Multiple Flight Conditions

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  45. Designing Wings with Fixed Twist for Minimum Induced Drag

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  46. Validation of Flux Correction on Three-Dimensional Strand Grids with an Overset Cartesian Grid

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  47. Wing Optimization using Dual Number Automatic Differentiation in MachUp

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  48. Propulsion Theory of Flapping Airfoils: Comparison with Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, September 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  49. Propulsion Theory of Flapping Airfoils, Comparison with Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  50. Momentum Theory with Slipstream Rotation Applied to Wind Turbines

    Article • June 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  51. Lifting-Line Predictions for Induced Drag and Lift in Ground Effect

    Article • June 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  52. Decomposed Lifting-Line Predictions and Optimization for Propulsive Efficiency of Flapping Wings

    Article • June 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  53. Application of an Energy-Vorticity Turbulence Model to Fully Rough Pipe Flow

    Article • June 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  54. Smooth-Wall Boundary Conditions for Dissipation-Based Turbulence Models

    Article • January 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  55. Pitch Dynamics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    Article • January 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  56. A Numerical Blade Element Approach to Estimating Propeller Flowfields

    Article • January 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  57. Optimization of Iris, a Small Autonomous Surveillance UAV

    Article • January 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker

  58. A Lifting-Line Approach to Estimating Propeller/Wing Interactions

    Article • June 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Douglas F Hunsaker