Aircraft T-tail flutter predictions using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-174

  Attorni, A ^a   Cavagna, L ^b   Quaranta, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic trim; Control surfaces; Fluid structure interactions; T tail flutter

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AEROELASTIC STABILITY; AEROELASTIC TRIM; COMPUTATIONAL AERO ELASTICITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW CONDITION; FLUTTER STABILITY; FLYING AIRCRAFT; HORIZONTAL TAIL PLANES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LINEAR MODEL; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; REAL AIRCRAFT; SLIDING MESH; SUB-PROBLEMS; T-TAIL FLUTTER; TAIL CONFIGURATION; TRANSONIC REGIME; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AEROELASTICITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

CONTROL SURFACES;

EID: 79151476522     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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