Aeroelastic response of a rigid wing supported by nonlinear springs Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Nonlinear aeroelastic behavior is examined. This research extends the efforts of several recent investigations that address freeplay or piecewise nonlinearities in aeroelastic systems; however, in the studies described herein the authors address continuous nonlinearities such as those found in structural systems that exhibit spring hardening or softening effects. The authors describe a unique flutter test apparatus designed to permit experimental investigations of prescribed nonlinear response. The results of complementary analytical and experimental studies are presented for a nonlinear aeroelastic system limited to two degrees of freedom.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT

author list (cited authors)

  • O’Neil, T., & Strganac, T. W.

citation count

  • 102

complete list of authors

  • O’Neil, Todd||Strganac, Thomas W

publication date

  • July 1998