AEROELASTICITY & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN A FAST
CHANGING WORLD

17 – 21 June 2024, The Hague, The Netherlands

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On behalf of the NVvL, the Dutch Association for Aviation, we invite you to participate in the 20th IFASD Conference. This event will be held from 17-20 June 2024 in The Hague, the Netherlands. The venue for the conference is the New Babylon Congress Centre, conveniently located next to the Central Station of The Hague. 

The event is open to participants from all over the world, including those from non-member countries. 

The International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD) has been the most important event for engineers and researchers working in the fields of aeroelasticity and structural dynamics since 1981. The Forum takes place biennially:   

  1. 1981 Nuremberg, Germany
  2. 1985 Aachen, Germany 
  3. 1989 Aachen, Germany 
  4. 1991 Aachen, Germany 
  5. 1993 Strasbourg, France 
  6. 1995 Manchester, UK 
  7. 1997 Rome, Italy 
  8. 1999 Williamsburg, USA 
  9. 2001 Madrid, Spain 
  10. 2003 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
  11. 2005 Munich, Germany
  12. 2007 Stockholm, Sweden 
  13. 2009 Seattle, USA 
  14. 2011 Paris, France 
  15. 2013 Bristol, UK 
  16. 2015 St Petersburg, Russia 
  17. 2017 Lake Como, Italy 
  18. 2019 Savanah, Georgia, USA 
  19. 2022 Madrid, Spain 
  20. 2024 The Hague, The Netherlands    

IFASD 2024 will update you on the state of the art in research activities and industrial practices in the fields of Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics. Specific themes are high and low-fidelity coupled analysis methods, vehicle design using model-based and data-driven models and experimental methods. The Forum is a unique opportunity for scientists, researchers and engineers from academia, research establishments and industry to exchange ideas and discuss new trends and emerging fields and technologies. 

The Organizing Committee invites authors to submit abstracts of original works for presentation at the conference on the areas outlined in the following Forum topics:   

High and low fidelity (un)coupled analysis methods: 

  • Steady/Unsteady Aerodynamics 
  • Computational Aeroelasticity 
  • Dynamic Loads 
  • Highly Flexible Aircraft Structures 
  • Reduced Order Modeling 
  • Rotorcraft Aeroelasticity 
  • Environmental Dynamics and Aeroelasticity 
  • High Speed Structural Dynamics Phenomena 

Vehicle analysis/design using model-based and data driven models: 

  • Aeroelasticity in Conceptual Aircraft Design 
  • Aeroservoelasticity 
  • Active Control and Adaptive Structures 

Experimental methods: 

  • Experimental Methods in Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity 
  • Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing 
  • Ground Vibration Testing of Aircraft 
  • Flight Flutter Testing of Aircraft 

The theme for IFASD 2024 is Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics in a fast-changing world. The aviation sector is facing a massive challenge: the rapid de-carbonization of the sector. The timelines to achieve this are very ambitious and can only be met by a close collaboration between academia, research establishments and industry. Radically new aircraft configurations using state-of-the-art load and flow control technologies are needed. New forms of air transport are emerging, such as urban air mobility. There are massive challenges, but new computational and experimental methods are also emerging fast and could support generating the needed solutions. 

We encourage you to contribute to our event with a paper on a topic that aligns with the IFASD 2024 theme and at least one of the Forum Topics. If selected, we will publish your paper on our permanent website. For ease of reference, we will provide it with a DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, which uniquely identifies your document and which provides it with a permanent web address (URL). 

We hope that you will like our format, and we look forward to welcoming you to IFASD 2024! 

Roeland De Breuker and Bart Eussen, Conference chairs