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  1. Aeroelastic tailoring in a medium-range aircraft strut-braced wing

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Xavier Carrillo Córcoles

  2. Optimal Control for Distributed Aeroelastic Morphing Structure with Uncertainties and Imperfections

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Tigran Mkhoyan

  3. Aeroelastic Wind Tunnel Testing of Yawed Wind Turbine Rotor with Teetering Hub

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Ilias Tsatsas

  4. High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimisation with Large-Scale Constraints - An Application to Aeroelastic Tailoring

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  5. Adaptive State Estimation and Real-Time tracking of Aeroelastic Wings with Augmented Kalman filter and Kernelized Correlation Filter

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

    Tigran Mkhoyan, Dr Roeland De Breuker

  6. Nonlinear Incremental Control for Flexible Aircraft Trajectory Tracking and Load Alleviation

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  7. Design and Development of a Seamless Smart Morphing Wing Using Distributed Trailing Edge Camber Morphing for Active Control

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

    Tigran Mkhoyan, Dr Roeland De Breuker

  8. Urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle design considerations to facilitate future accident investigation

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

    Assistant Professor Michiel Schuurman, Dr Roeland De Breuker, Borrdephong Rattanagraikanakorn

  9. Flexible Aircraft Gust Load Alleviation with Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Qiping Q.P. Chu, Dr Roeland De Breuker, Erik-Jan van Kampen

  10. Aircraft Design and Testing of FLEXOP Unmanned Flying Demonstrator to Test Load Alleviation and Flutter Suppression of High Aspect Ratio Flexible Wings

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  11. Tailoring of a Composite Regional Jet Wing Using the Slice and Swap Method

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  12. Aeroelastic Analysis of a Large Airborne Wind Turbine

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  13. Combined Active and Passive Loads Alleviation through Aeroelastic Tailoring and Control Surface/Control System Optimization

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  14. Continuous-Time State-Space Unsteady Aerodynamic Modeling for Efficient Loads Analysis

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  15. Geometrically Nonlinear Structural Modal Analysis Using Fictitious Masses

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Mordechay Karpel

  16. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of an Autonomous Flap for Load Alleviation

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, March 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Mordechay Karpel

  17. Design and Testing of Aeroelastically Tailored Wings Under Maneuver Loading

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  18. A novel dynamic aeroelastic framework for aeroelastic tailoring and structural optimisation

    Article • Composite Structures, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  19. Aeroelastic Design of Blended Composite Structures Using Lamination Parameters

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  20. Energy harvesting for actuators and sensors using free-floating flaps

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  21. Fatigue and extreme load reduction of wind turbine components using smart rotors

    Article • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  22. A linear aerodynamics-based preconditioner for high-fidelity aeroelastic analysis and sensitivity analysis

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  23. Aeroelastic Optimization of Variable Stiffness Composite Wing with Blending Constraints

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  24. Control design for a two-bladed downwind teeterless damped free-yaw wind turbine

    Article • Mechatronics, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  25. Low-fidelity 2D isogeometric aeroelastic analysis and optimization method with application to a morphing airfoil

    Article • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  26. Special Issue: 25th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST 2014)

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Prof. Marcias Martinez

  27. Design and Experiments of a Warp Induced Camber and Twist Morphing Leading and Trailing Edge Device

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  28. From development of multi-material skins to morphing flight hardware production

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  29. Dynamic Response of Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing: Analysis and Experiment

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  30. Optimization, Manufacturing and Testing of a Composite Wing with Maximized Tip Deflection

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  31. Aeroelastic Tailoring of Blended Composite Structures using Lamination Parameters

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  32. Derivation and application of blending constraints in lamination parameter space for composite optimisation

    Article • Composite Structures, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  33. A Multi-Fidelity, Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Optimization Framework for the Design of Morphing UAV Wing

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Prof Michael I Friswell

  34. Reduced-Order Modeling of Continuous-Time State-Space Unsteady Aerodynamics

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  35. Accelerated convergence of static aeroelasticity using low-fidelity aerodynamics

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  36. A framework for the aeroelastic analysis and design of generic morphing wings

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  37. Experimental Evaluation of the Morphing Leading Edge Concept

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Prof. Marcias Martinez

  38. Aeroelastic Time-Domain Simulation of SNL Smart Rotor Experiment

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  39. Experimental investigation of an autonomous flap for load alleviation

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Mordechay Karpel

  40. High- and Low-Fidelity Investigations of Flexible Propeller Blades

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  41. Effect of Symmetric & Asymmetric Span Morphing on Flight Dynamics

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Prof Michael I Friswell

  42. Wind Turbine Structural Model Using Non-Linear Modal Formulations

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Mordechay Karpel

  43. Feasible Conceptual Design of Morphing Structures

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker, Prof Michael I Friswell

  44. Parameter estimation for spatially interconnected descriptor systems using Sequentially Semi-Separable matrices

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  45. Aeroelastic Control Using Distributed Floating Flaps Activated by Piezoelectric Tabs

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, May 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  46. Two-level Conceptual Design of Morphing Wings

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  47. Model Validation and Simulated Fatigue Load Alleviation of SNL SMART Rotor Experiment

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  48. Continuous-time state-space unsteady aerodynamic modeling based on boundary element method

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  49. Design of morphing winglets with the inclusion of nonlinear aeroelastic effects

    Article • The Aeronautical Journal, December 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  50. A Generic Morphing Wing Analysis and Design Framework

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, July 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  51. Aeroelastic tailoring using lamination parameters

    Article • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  52. On the Effect of Geometric Nonlinearities on Static Load Alleviation

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  53. Nonlinear Aero-Thermo-Visco-Elastic Behavior of Geometrically Imperfect Curved Skin Panel

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  54. Closed-Loop Aeroelastic Control Using Synthetic Jet Actuators

    Article • June 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  55. Optimal Control of Aeroelastic Systems Using Synthetic Jet Actuators

    Article • April 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  56. Flutter of Partially Rigid Cantilevered Two-Dimensional Plates in Axial Flow

    Article • AIAA Journal, April 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  57. Active Flow and Aeroelastic Control of Lifting Surfaces Using Synthetic Jet Actuators

    Article • September 2007, SAE International

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  58. Morphing Wing Flight Control Via Postbuckled Precompressed Piezoelectric Actuators

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, July 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  59. Post-buckled precompressed elements: a new class of control actuators for morphing wing UAVs

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, May 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  60. Aeroelastic Control and Load Alleviation using Optimally Distributed Synthetic Jet Actuators

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  61. Energy-based aeroelastic analysis of a morphing wing

    Article • April 2007, SPIE

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  62. Post-buckled precompressed (PBP) subsonic micro flight control actuators and surfaces

    Article • April 2007, SPIE

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  63. Post-buckled precompressed piezoelectric flight control actuator design, development and demonstration

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, August 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  64. Flutter of Partially Rigid Cantilevered Plates in Axial Flow

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  65. (Student paper) Nonlinear Semi-Analytical Modeling of Post-Buckled Precompressed (PBP) Piezoelectric Actuators for UAV Flight Control

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  66. Reduced Order Models for Synthetic Jet Actuators on a Lifting Surface for Optimization and Control

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

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  67. Post-buckled precompressed (PBP) elements: a new class of flight control actuators enhancing high-speed autonomous VTOL MAVs

    Article • May 2005, SPIE

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  68. Post-Buckled Precompressed (PBP) Actuators: Enhancing VTOL Autonomous High Speed MAVs

    Article • April 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Roeland De Breuker

  69. Aeroelastic Tailoring of a Formula One Car Rear Wing

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Roeland De Breuker