On the use of control surface excitation in flutter testing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 317-332

  Wright, J R ^a   Wong, J ^a   Cooper, J E ^a   Dimitriadis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft flight envelope; Excitation; Flight control; Flutter testing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); FREQUENCY RESPONSE; KINETIC ENERGY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIFT; PRESSURE CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT ENVELOPE; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLUTTER TESTING;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0345868519     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441003772538589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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