FROM CUTTING
PATTERNS TO
VIRTUAL FLIGHT.
Virtual engineering for flexible wings. From the way they are made to the way they fly.
A VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE.
BUILT LIKE THE REAL WING.
Make simulation part of the design process, from the first cutting pattern.
Virtual prototypes help automotive and aerospace engineers compare designs before manufacturing. Bringing that approach to textile wings means accounting for the way fabric, seams and assembly determine the final shape.
At FAIR AERO, we are developing that connection through GENEPI: a continuous engineering chain from production data to structural response, aerodynamic performance and experimental validation.
MANUFACTURING
ENTERS THE MODEL.
Reconstruct the assembled wing
from its two-dimensional cutting patterns.
The construction is part of the physics.
Two wings with the same nominal shape can behave differently when their panels, seams or material directions change. Virtual Sewing connects those manufacturing choices with the assembled three-dimensional structure used for simulation.
DESIGN. SIMULATE.
TEST. REFINE.
Each step informs the next.
Measurements close the loop.
- 01 / DEFINE
The production data
Cutting patterns, textile properties and construction choices.
- 02 / ASSEMBLE
The virtual wing
Virtual Sewing connects the panels into an assembled structure.
- 03 / SIMULATE
The coupled behaviour
Structural deformation, aerodynamic loads and the flying shape.
- 04 / VALIDATE
The evidence
Compare predictions with measurements, then refine the design and model.
FROM SPECIALIST METHODS
TO INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE.
Helping an industry adopt virtual engineering.
FLEXTWIN is the research initiative we are preparing around this ambition. It brings textile materials, manufacturing effects, virtual assembly, coupled simulation and validation into one engineering framework, with GENEPI and Virtual Sewing at its core.
The aim is to make design choices more predictable: fewer physical iterations, less material waste, and a clearer route to performance, reproducibility and durability across energy, maritime and aerospace applications.
Research proposal in preparation · MAT-PROD-61