Nonlinear aeroelastic analysis built around
the way textile wings are made.
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who develop and use the platform.
FAIR AERO engineers perform the studies using GENEPI. We define the scope with you, build the model, run the calculations and interpret the results against your requirements and reference data.
Discuss a first study ↗Enable partners to launch their own calculations on FAIR AERO’s computing infrastructure.
Provide an executable so partners can run calculations on their own computing infrastructure.
Direct software access is a development objective. Target dates depend on funding, technical maturity and validation with partners.
For a textile wing, the aerodynamic surface is an outcome of the loads acting on it.
GENEPI — GEneralized Non-linear aero-Elasticity of Paragliders and Inflatable wings — links the structural representation of a flexible wing to its aerodynamic loading. Our research focuses on making that coupled problem useful in an industrial design process.
Geometry, material directions, internal construction and suspension lines all influence the calculated flying shape. Model choice and the interpretation of results remain part of the engineering work.
Start from the production definition to carry construction choices into the numerical model.
The model starts from the intended shape. The effects of panel cuts, material directions and assembly may be lost between manufacturing and simulation.
Reconstruct the assembled wing from its cutting patterns. Preserve material directions, seam connections and assembly tensions before applying aerodynamic loads.
Numerical sewing follows the connections between flat panels, assembles their meshes and relaxes the structure into its sewn shape. Construction becomes part of the physics.
Modelling detail has to serve the decision.
More computation is useful when it adds evidence.
Large deformations, anisotropic textile behaviour, suspension systems and internal architecture.
Numerical sewing from 2D cutting patterns and seam topology, connecting production data with the assembled model. French patent application FR2600770, filed 20 January 2026.
from potential flow based methods for pre-design to 3D RANS for fine tuning details
Deformed geometry, aerodynamic behaviour and structural load distributions, assessed over selected operating conditions.
The modelling scope and validation requirements are defined for each study. Capabilities under research are distinguished from the methods selected for a particular deliverable.
Build numerical evidence for evaluation & qualification ↗Explore the published methods, numerical sewing workflow and multi-fidelity approach behind our work.
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