Summary
Rafael is the Professor of Computational Aeroelasticity at the Department of Aeronautics, where he has been since 2007. He is Aeronautical Engineer from Universidad Politécnica, Madrid (1998), and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan (2005). Rafael also worked as R&D engineer at Airbus in aeroelasticity and structural dynamics (1998-2001). At Imperial he leads the Load Control and Aeroelastics lab, that investigates computational methods for dynamic analysis, control and optimization of flexible air vehicles and offshore wind turbines. He is currently Director of Research at the Department of Aeronautics and theme leader for Offshore Renewable Energy at Imperial's Energy Futures lab. He is in the editorial board of Progress in Aerospace Sciences, the Journal of Fluids and Structures and the Journal of Aircraft, Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
In 2013, Rafael was voted the best college supervisor at Imperial's Student Academic Choice Awards. For his doctoral research on Aeroelasticity of Smart Structures, he received the AIAA Foundation Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Award. At Michigan he was a Fulbright fellow and a Francois-Xavier Bagnoud fellow. He has also been a technical consultant to MSC Software in the development of the finite-element package Nastran, and more recently to Facebook Inc and Airbus Defence & Space in the design of solar-powered aircraft. As a curious fact, Rafael's academic lineage can be traced back to German physicians from the 1700s!
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Gomes P, Palacios R, 2021, Pitfalls of Discrete Adjoint Fixed-Points Based on Algorithmic Differentiation, AIAA Journal, ISSN:0001-1452, Pages:1-6
Gomes P, Palacios R, 2020, Aerodynamic-driven topology optimization of compliant airfoils, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol:62, ISSN:1615-147X, Pages:2117-2130
Del Carre de la Portilla A, Palacios R, 2020, Simulation and optimization of takeoff maneuvers of very flexible aircraft, Journal of Aircraft, Vol:57, ISSN:0021-8669, Pages:1097-1110
Deskos G, Del Carre de la Portilla A, Palacios R, 2020, Assessment of low-altitude atmospheric turbulence models for aircraft aeroelasticity, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol:95, ISSN:0889-9746, Pages:1-19
Deskos G, Laizet S, Palacios R, 2020, WInc3D: a novel framework for turbulence-resolving simulations of wind farm wake interactions, Wind Energy, Vol:23, ISSN:1095-4244, Pages:779-794
Maraniello S, Palacios R, 2020, Parametric reduced-order modelling of the unsteady vortex-lattice method, AIAA Journal, Vol:58, ISSN:0001-1452, Pages:2206-2220
Palacios Nieto R, Cea A, 2019, Nonlinear modal condensation of large finite element models: An application of Hodges’ intrinsic theory, AIAA Journal, Vol:57, ISSN:0001-1452, Pages:4255-4268
Sanchez R, Albring T, Palacios R, et al., 2018, Coupled adjoint‐based sensitivities in large‐displacement fluid‐structure interaction using algorithmic differentiation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol:113, ISSN:0029-5981, Pages:1081-1107
Palacios R, Buoso S, Dickinson B, 2017, Bat-inspired integrally actuated membrane wings with leading-edge sensing, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol:13, ISSN:1748-3182
Wang Y, wynn A, Palacios R, 2016, Nonlinear modal aeroservoelastic analysis framework for flexible aircraft, AIAA Journal, Vol:54, ISSN:0001-1452, Pages:3075-3090
Ng BF, New TH, Palacios R, 2016, Effects of Leading-Edge Tubercles on Wing Flutter Speeds, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol:11, ISSN:1748-3190
Ng BF, Palacios R, Kerrigan EC, et al., 2015, Aerodynamic load control in horizontal axis wind turbines with combined aeroelastic tailoring and trailing-edge flaps, Wind Energy, Vol:19, ISSN:1095-4244, Pages:243-263
Murua J, Martinez P, Climent H, et al., 2014, T-Tail Flutter: Potential-Flow Modelling, Experimental Validation and Flight Tests, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol:71, Pages:54-84
Simpson RJS, Palacios R, Murua J, 2013, Induced Drag Calculations in the Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method, Aiaa Journal, Pages:1-10
Murua J, Palacios R, Graham JMR, 2012, Applications of the Unsteady Vortex-Lattice Method in Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Flight Dynamics, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol:55, Pages:46-72
Palacios R, 2011, Nonlinear Normal Modes in an Intrinsic Theory of Anisotropic Beams, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol:330, Pages:1772-1792
Palacios R, Murua J, Cook R, 2010, Structural and Aerodynamic Models in the Nonlinear Flight Dynamics of Very Flexible Aircraft, Aiaa Journal, Vol:48, Pages:2648-2659
Conference
Hesse H, Palacios R, Murua J, 2014, Consistent Structural Linearization in Flexible Aircraft Dynamics with Large Rigid-Body Motion, 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Pages:528-538, ISSN:0001-1452
Palacios R, Climent H, Karlsson A, et al., 2001, Assessment of Strategies for Correcting Linear Unsteady Aerodynamics Using CFD or Experimental Results, International Forum of Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics