Design of an experimental flutter mount system
AUTOR(ES)
De Marqui Junior, Carlos, Rebolho, Daniela C., Belo, Eduardo M., Marques, Flávio D., Tsunaki, Roberto H.
FONTE
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007-09
RESUMO
Aeroelastic instabilities may occur in aircraft surfaces, leading then to failure. Flutter is an aeroelastic instability that results in a self-sustained oscillatory behaviour of the structure. A two-degree-of-freedom flutter can occur with coupling of bending and torsion modes. A flexible mount system has been developed for flutter tests in wind tunnels. This apparatus must provide a well-defined 2DOF system on which rigid wings encounter flutter. Simulations and Experimental Tests are performed during the design period. The dimensions of the system are determined by Finite Element analysis and verified with an Aeroelastic Model. The system is modified until first bending and torsion modes become the first and second modes and other modes become higher than these. After this, a Modal Analysis is performed. An identification algorithm, ERA, is used to determine modes shape and frequencies from experimental data. Detailed results are presented for first bending and torsion modes, which are involved in flutter. The flutter mechanism is demonstrated by Frequency Response Functions obtained in several wind tunnel velocities until flutter achievement and by a V-g-f plot obtained from an identification process performed with an extended ERA. Mode coupling, damping behaviour and the self-sustained oscillatory behaviour are verified characterising flutter.
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