PATHWAYS TOWARDS THE ULTRA-EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT #2

18–19 Nov 2025 | Bremen, Germany

Wednesday, 19 November 2025 | 09:15 - 12:30

Working session #4 - Enhanced Validation Techniques for HAR Wing Aircraft

Location:Room 1 @Fraunhofer (1st floor)

hosted by Jurij Sodja (TU Delft) and Flávio Silvestre (TU Berlin)

More information about the session

Presenters:

Jurij Sodja (TU Delft) & Flávio Silvestre (TU Berlin): Session Introduction - setting the stage

Balint Vanek (SZTAKI): What does it take to flight test active flutter suppression technology and how academia and industry benefitted from it?

Francesco Tofol (POLIMI): Wind Tunnel test of High Aspect Ratio Wing (CA HERWINGT project)

Christoph Mertens (NLR): European flying testbeds for future long-range aircraft (EU EXAELIA project)

Flavio Silvestre (TUB): TU-Flex: A Very-Flexible Flying Demonstrator with a Generic Transport Aircraft Configuration

Carlos Cesnik (Uni Michigan): Enhanced AeroServoElastic Wind Tunnel Model for Load Control Studies of Very Flexible Aircraft

Nicolas Fezans (DLR): CONCERTO’s approach to investigating potential new means of compliance for flutter control (CA Concerto project)