Flutter prediction from flight flutter test data

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 355-367

  Dimitriadis, G ^a   Cooper, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING RATIO; FLUTTER SPEED; MODAL DAMPING;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

EID: 0035270437     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2770     Document Type: Article

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