25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-10.3.4


A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO FLUTTER CLEARANCE USING CLASSICAL METHODS

L. H. van Zyl
CSIR, South Africa

Keywords: flutter analysis, flutter flight testing, state-space model

Flutter clearance is usually regarded as a two-step process: flutter analysis and flutter flight testing. There are often significant discrepancies between the predicted and measured damping and frequency trends. By employing relatively simple techniques in combination, the analyst can be much better prepared for the flutter flight tests.


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