W.A. Silva, M.R. Hajj, S. Dunn, T.W. Strganac, E.J. Powers, R. Stearman

Recent applications of higher-order spectral (HOS) methods to nonlinear aeroelastic phenomena are presented. Applications include the analysis of data from a simulated nonlinear pitch and plunge apparatus and from F-18 flight flutter tests. A MATLAB model of the Texas A[and]M Universitys Nonlinear Aeroelastic Testbed Apparatus (NATA) is used to generate aeroelastic transients at various conditions including limit cycle oscillations (LCO). The Gaussian or non-Gaussian nature of the transients is investigated, related to HOS methods, and used to identify levels of increasing nonlinear aeroelastic response. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 flight flutter test data is presented and analyzed. The data includes high-quality measurements of forced responses and LCO phenomena. Standard power spectral density (PSD) techniques and HOS methods are applied to the data and presented. The goal of this research is to develop methods that can identify the onset of nonlinear aeroelastic phenomena, such as LCO, during flutter testing.

International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, 2005, München

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 25 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 2005, 2005-04, International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics 2005; S.1-25; 2005; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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in getr. Zählung;

aeroelasticity, f/a-18 aircraft

Bibliothek

2005