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This document discusses aeroelasticity, which is the interaction between inertial, structural, and aerodynamic forces on aircraft and other structures. There are two types of aeroelastic phenomena - static/steady aeroelasticity which involves interactions between aerodynamic and elastic forces without considering mass, and can cause divergence or control reversal; and dynamic aeroelasticity which considers all three forces and can result in flutter, buffeting, or limit cycle oscillations. The study of aeroelasticity is important for aircraft design to avoid undesirable interactions that could lead to structural failure.

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08 - Aeroelasticity

This document discusses aeroelasticity, which is the interaction between inertial, structural, and aerodynamic forces on aircraft and other structures. There are two types of aeroelastic phenomena - static/steady aeroelasticity which involves interactions between aerodynamic and elastic forces without considering mass, and can cause divergence or control reversal; and dynamic aeroelasticity which considers all three forces and can result in flutter, buffeting, or limit cycle oscillations. The study of aeroelasticity is important for aircraft design to avoid undesirable interactions that could lead to structural failure.

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AEROELASTICITY

Aji Jatmika Atmawijaya


Introduction
Airplane structures are not completely rigid, and
aeroelastic phenomena arise when structural
deformations induce changes on aerodynamic forces.
The additional aerodynamic forces cause an increase
in the structural deformations, which leads to greater
aerodynamic forces in a feedback process.
These interactions may become smaller until a
condition of equilibrium is reached, or may diverge
catastrophically.
The Term
Aereolasticity is the study of the interaction of inertial,
structural and aerodynamic forces on aircraft, buildings,
surface vehicles etc.
The Importance
The interaction between these three forces can cause
several undesirable phenomena:
Divergence (static aeroelastic phenomenon)
Flutter (dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon)
Limit Cycle Oscillations (nonlinear aeroelastic
phenomenon)
Vortex shedding, buffeting, galloping (unsteady
aerodynamic phenomena)
Study of Aeroelasticity
Aeroelasticity can be divided in two fields of study:
steady (static) aeroelasticity
dynamic aeroelasticity
Steady (Static) Aeroelasticity
Steady aeroelasticity studies the interaction between
aerodynamic and elastic forces on an elastic structure.
 Mass properties are not significant in the calculations of this type
of phenomena.
In an aircraft, two significant static aeroelastic effects may occur:
 Divergence is a phenomenon in which the elastic twist of the wing
suddenly becomes theoretically infinite, typically causing the wing
to fail spectacularly.
 Control reversal is a phenomenon occurring only in wings with
ailerons or other control surfaces, in which these control surfaces
reverse their usual functionality (e.g. the rolling direction associated
with a given aileron moment is reversed).
Static Divergence
Dynamic Aeroelasticity
Dynamic Aeroelasticity studies the interactions among aerodynamic,
elastic, and inertial forces.
Examples of dynamic aeroelastic phenomena are:
 Flutter is a dynamic instability of an elastic structure in a fluid flow,
caused by positive feedback between the body's deflection and the forcing
exerted by the fluid flow.
 Buffeting is a high-frequency instability, caused by airflow separation or
shock wave oscillations from one object striking another. It is caused by a
sudden impulse of load increasing. It is a random forced vibration.
Generally it affects the tail unit of the aircraft structure due to air flow
downstream of the wing.
 Transonic Aeroelasticity. Flow is highly non-linear in the transonic
regime, dominated by moving shock waves. It is mission-critical for
aircraft that fly through transonic Mach numbers.
Flutter
Reference
G. Dimitriadis:"Aircraft Design, Lecture 10:
Aeroelasticity", Universite de Liege
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroelasticity
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/
docs/Aeroelasticity.html

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