Stability investigation of an airfoil section with active flap control

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 151-166

  Bergami, Leonardo ^a   Gaunaa, Mac ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeroservoelastic instability; Deformable flap control; Flutter

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DEFORMATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); STABILITY; STATE SPACE METHODS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AEROSERVOELASTIC SYSTEMS; DIVERGENCE INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL; STATE SPACE FORMULATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THREE DEGREES OF FREEDOM; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AEROSERVOELASTICITY;

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EIGENVALUE; FLOW MODELING; LOADING; TORSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 77950622290     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.354     Document Type: Article

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