Study of the conditions that cause chaotic motion in a two-dimensional airfoil with structural nonlinearities in subsonic flow

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-126

  Li, D ^a,b   Guo, S ^b   Xiang, J ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Chaotic motion; Nonlinear aeroelasticity; Preload; Structural nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC RESPONSE; AEROELASTIC SYSTEM; BIFURCATION DIAGRAM; CHAOTIC MOTIONS; CUBIC NONLINEARITIES; ENERGY PERSPECTIVES; FREEPLAY; HYSTERESIS NONLINEARITY; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATION (LCO); MASS RATIO; NONLINEAR AEROELASTICITY; NUMERICAL VERIFICATION; PHASE TRAJECTORY; PITCHING MOTION; POINCARE; PRE LOADS; RATIONAL POLYNOMIAL; RESTORING MOMENTS; STRUCTURAL NONLINEARITIES; TIME HISTORY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL AIRFOILS;

AEROELASTICITY; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SUBSONIC FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 84864088492     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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