Direct flutter and limit cycle computations of highly flexible wings for efficient analysis and optimization

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-123

  Stanford, Bret ^a   Beran, Philip ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC STRUCTURES; DESIGN VARIABLES; DYNAMIC STALLS; EFFICIENT ANALYSIS; FLIGHT SPEED; FLUTTER POINTS; FLUTTER SPEED; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; LIMIT CYCLE; MASS CONSTRAINTS; METHOD OF MULTIPLE SCALE; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NONLINEAR PERTURBATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; SUPERCRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL BEHAVIOR; WING STRUCTURES;

ASPECT RATIO; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84872382006     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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