Aeroelastic Stability Analysis of High Aspect Ratio Aircraft Wings
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https://doi.org/10.5890/JAND.2014.12.012Abstract
Free vibration and flutter analyses of two types of high aspect ratio aircraft wings are presented. The wing is idealised as an assembly of bending-torsion coupled beams using the dynamic stiffness method leading to a nonlinear eigenvalue problem. This problem is solved using the Wattrick-Williams algorithm yielding natural frequencies and mode shapes. The flutter analysis is carried out using the normal mode method in conjunction with generalised coordinates and two - dimensional unsteady aero dynamic theory of Theodorsen. This is essentially a complex eigenvalue problem in terms of both air-speed and frequency. The flutter determinant is solved by an iterative procedure covering a wide range of air-speeds and frequencies. The computed natural frequencies, mode shapes, flutter speeds and flutter frequencies are compared and contrasted for the two type of aircraft wings and some conclusions are drawn.References
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