Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate

The interaction between an aircraft structure and the airflow surrounding it has been known to severely affect the stability, performance and manoeuvrability of the aircraft. These interactions form the heart of aero elasticity, a field that comprises all types of aeroelastic phenomena. In this w...

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Main Author: Abang Haji Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
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spelling my-upm-ir.79782023-11-29T03:21:44Z Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate 2001 Abang Haji Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila The interaction between an aircraft structure and the airflow surrounding it has been known to severely affect the stability, performance and manoeuvrability of the aircraft. These interactions form the heart of aero elasticity, a field that comprises all types of aeroelastic phenomena. In this work, a parametric aeroelastic analysis of a thin flat plate clamped at the leading edge and exposed to subsonic airflow was conducted. The aeroelastic effects predicted to occur was flutter, a type of self-excited oscillation. The analysis was simulated using ZAERO, a panel code aeroelastic program, which requires free vibration input, obtained using MSC-NASTRAN, a finite element code. The flutter equation was obtained using Newton's Law of Motion to model the plate while the airflow was modeled using the Small Disturbance Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory. Free vibration results and flutter results obtained were validated against published works found in reference [8, 60 and 61]. The important parameters studied were the aspect ratio and the mass -ratio of the plate. The effect of the number of free vibration modes employed in the analysis was also tested. From the results, it was shown that the flutter velocity decreased as the mass ratio and aspect ratio were increased. The flutter frequency also decreased with higher mass ratio and at large aspect ratio. The use of a higher number of modes in the flutter analysis was found to increase the accuracy of the flutter. Aircraft drafting Aerolasticity 2001 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7978/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7978/1/ITMA_2001_6.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Aircraft drafting Aerolasticity Institute of Advanced Technology Basri, ShahNor English
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language English
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topic Aircraft drafting
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Abang Haji Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
description The interaction between an aircraft structure and the airflow surrounding it has been known to severely affect the stability, performance and manoeuvrability of the aircraft. These interactions form the heart of aero elasticity, a field that comprises all types of aeroelastic phenomena. In this work, a parametric aeroelastic analysis of a thin flat plate clamped at the leading edge and exposed to subsonic airflow was conducted. The aeroelastic effects predicted to occur was flutter, a type of self-excited oscillation. The analysis was simulated using ZAERO, a panel code aeroelastic program, which requires free vibration input, obtained using MSC-NASTRAN, a finite element code. The flutter equation was obtained using Newton's Law of Motion to model the plate while the airflow was modeled using the Small Disturbance Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory. Free vibration results and flutter results obtained were validated against published works found in reference [8, 60 and 61]. The important parameters studied were the aspect ratio and the mass -ratio of the plate. The effect of the number of free vibration modes employed in the analysis was also tested. From the results, it was shown that the flutter velocity decreased as the mass ratio and aspect ratio were increased. The flutter frequency also decreased with higher mass ratio and at large aspect ratio. The use of a higher number of modes in the flutter analysis was found to increase the accuracy of the flutter.
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author Abang Haji Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
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title Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
title_short Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
title_full Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
title_fullStr Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
title_full_unstemmed Subsonic Aeroelastic Analysis of a Thin Flat Plate
title_sort subsonic aeroelastic analysis of a thin flat plate
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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publishDate 2001
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7978/1/ITMA_2001_6.pdf
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