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Dynamics I
Technical Session A: Tues. May 5, 2026
Computational Performance Analysis of Impact Dampers in Vibration Control of eVTOL Booms
Siddhant Sandeep Bapat,
Nicholas Vlajic,
Edward Smith
Experimental Characterization of an Accelerating and Decelerating Propeller at Low Reynolds Numbers
Manuel Ratz,
Christophe Schram,
Andrea Sciacchitano,
Miguel Alfonso Mendez
Experimental Study of a High Advance Ratio Lift-Compounded Slowed Rotor in Rearward Shaft Tilt
Vivek Uppoor,
Inderjit Chopra
Extracting Scaled Fuselage Mode Shapes from Operational Modal Analysis of Helicopter Flight Data
Michal Szydlowski,
Peter Wall,
Thomas Magowan,
Eleonora Giovanardi,
Michele Zilletti
High-Fidelity Aeroelastic Solutions of Advanced Configuration Rotors using a Novel Rotorcraft Aeromechanics Analysis System
Se Hoon Chang,
Jae Seong Bae,
Sung Jung,
Inho Jeong,
Haeseong Cho
High-Fidelity Structural Loads Analysis of the Double-Swept ERATO Rotor At High-Thrust Forward-Flight Operating Point
Mikel Balmaseda Aguirre,
François Richez
Understanding Vibratory Loads of a Pitch-Lag-Coupled Swashplate-less Rotor
Reuben-Wayne Stewart,
Alexander Sieckmann,
Moble Benedict
Dynamics II
Technical Session B: Wed. May 6, 2026
Aeroelastic Rotor-Empennage Interactions and Design Sensitivities for T-tail Architectures
Markus Rinker,
Oliver Dieterich,
Tobias Ries
Aeroelastic Stability at High Advance Ratios: A Novel Floquet Theory Approach with Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Modal Waveform Analysis
Spencer Fishman
Higher Harmonic Control with Pusher Propeller Active Vibration Control for Compound Lift-Offset Coaxial Rotorcraft
Henry Malarkey,
Edward Smith,
Sven Schmitz,
Jianhua Zhang,
Matthew Floros
Lichten Runner-up Paper: Hingeless Rotor Aeroelastic Stability Measurement and Validation at High Advance Ratios
Visesh Uppoor,
Inderjit Chopra
Open-Loop Higher Harmonic Control Simulation by Tightly Coupled Actuator Line Method / Computational Structural Dynamics
Kunhyuk Kong,
Taeyeon Kwon,
Byeonguk Im,
Sang Lee,
SangJoon Shin
Periodic Ground Resonance Analysis with Non-Linear Elements using Harmonic Decomposition and Describing Functions
Andrea Bassi,
Giuseppe Quaranta
Reinforcement Learning-Based Controller for Tiltrotor Aeroelastic Stability Augmentation (Presentation Only)
Syed Husain,
Hao Kang,
Phuriwat Anusonti-Inthra,
Matt Floros
Dynamics III
Technical Session C: Wed. May 6, 2026
Amplitude-Dependent Analysis of Whirl Flutter Test Data of the Maryland Tiltrotor Rig
Gray Simmons,
Cristina Riso
Coupled Linearized Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method and Viscous Vortex Particle Method for Whirl Flutter Prediction
Jasmine C. Chang,
Carlos E. S. Cesnik
Hingeless Rotor Whirl Flutter Stability Predictions for TRAST
Andrew Kreshock,
Robert Thornbrugh,
Benjamin Cobb
Impact of Spanwise Propeller Placement and Aerodynamic Interaction Effects on Whirl Flutter of Wing-Twin-Propeller Configurations
Shardul Kher,
Divya Sanghi,
Carlos Cesnik
Parametric Whirl Flutter Testing of Swept-Tip Proprotor Blades
Xavier Delgado,
Anubhav Datta
Synthesis of Whirl Flutter Predictions from Multiple Independent Analysis Solvers
Nicolas Reveles,
Josh Hansen,
Matthew Tuman,
Joseph Robinson,
Christopher Van Damme
Wing-Propeller Aeroelastic Stability Under Aerodynamic Interactions Using the Unsteady Vortex-Lattice Method
João Santos,
Flávio Marques,
Cristina Riso