An analytical and experimental investigation into limit-cycle oscillations of an aeroelastic system

We perform an analytical and experimental investigation into the dynamics of an aeroelastic system consisting of a plunging and pitching rigid airfoil supported by a linear spring in the plunge degree of freedom and a nonlinear spring in the pitch degree of freedom. The experimental results show tha...

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Published in:Nonlinear dynamics 2013, Vol.71 (1-2), p.159-173
Main Authors: Abdelkefi, Abdessattar, Vasconcellos, Rui, Nayfeh, Ali H., Hajj, Muhammad R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamic loads
Aeroelastic stability
Aeroelasticity
Automotive Engineering
Canonical forms
Classical Mechanics
Control
Degrees of freedom
Dynamical Systems
Engineering
Flutter
Hopf bifurcation
Instability
Limit cycle oscillations
Linear analysis
Mathematical analysis
Mechanical Engineering
Nonlinear analysis
Nonlinear dynamics
Nonlinearity
Original Paper
Springs (elastic)
Vibration
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Summary:We perform an analytical and experimental investigation into the dynamics of an aeroelastic system consisting of a plunging and pitching rigid airfoil supported by a linear spring in the plunge degree of freedom and a nonlinear spring in the pitch degree of freedom. The experimental results show that the onset of flutter takes place at a speed smaller than the one predicted by a quasi-steady aerodynamic approximation. On the other hand, the unsteady representation of the aerodynamic loads accurately predicts the experimental value. The linear analysis details the difference in both formulation and provides an explanation for this difference. Nonlinear analysis is then performed to identify the nonlinear coefficients of the pitch spring. The normal form of the Hopf bifurcation is then derived to characterize the type of instability. It is demonstrated that the instability of the considered aeroelastic system is supercritical as observed in the experiments.
ISSN:0924-090X
1573-269X
DOI:10.1007/s11071-012-0648-z