Flutter of high-speed civil transport flexible semispan Model: Time-frequency analysis

Christopher C. Chabalko, Muhammad R. Hajj, Walter A. Silva

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Abstract

Time/frequency analysis of fluctuations measured by pressure taps and strain gauges in the experimental studies of the flexible semispan model of a high-speed civil transport wing configuration is performed. The Interest is in determining the coupling between the aerodynamic loads and structural motions that led to the hard flutter conditions and loss of the model. The results show that, away from the hard flutter point, the aerodynamic loads at all pressure taps near the wing tip and the structural motions contained the same frequency components. On the other hand, in the flow conditions leading to the hard flutter, the frequency content of the pressure fluctuations near the leading and trailing edges varied significantly. This led to contribution to the structural motions over two frequency ranges. The ratio of these ranges was near 2:1, which suggests the possibility of nonlinear structural coupling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)743-748
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Aircraft
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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