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Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay

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Tang, D; Kholodar, D; Dowell, EH
Published in: 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit
December 1, 2000

A nonlinear response analysis of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay excited by periodic gust loads in low subsonic flow is presented along with a companion wind tunnel test program. The analytical model uses Peters' finite state model for the two-dimensional aerodynamic flow over the airfoil. Results for a single harmonic gust and a continuous frequency sweep gust have been computed and measured for flow velocities below the flutter speed. A theoretical and experimental chaotic response phenomenon for the nonlinear structural model was observed. These results further confirm some conclusions about limit cycle oscillations and complement our earlier theoretical and experimental studies of self-excited oscillations. The experimental investigation has been carried out in the Duke wind tunnel using a RSC gust generator. The fair to good quantitative agreement between theory and experiment verifies that the present analytical approach has reasonable accuracy and good computational efficiency for nonlinear gust response analysis in the time-domain. © 1998 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauticsm Inc. All rights reserved.

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41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit

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December 1, 2000
 

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Tang, D., Kholodar, D., & Dowell, E. H. (2000). Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay. 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit.
Tang, D., D. Kholodar, and E. H. Dowell. “Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay.” 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit, December 1, 2000.
Tang D, Kholodar D, Dowell EH. Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay. 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit. 2000 Dec 1;
Tang, D., et al. “Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay.” 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit, Dec. 2000.
Tang D, Kholodar D, Dowell EH. Nonlinear aeroelastic response of a typical airfoil section with control surface freeplay. 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit. 2000 Dec 1;

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41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit

Publication Date

December 1, 2000