Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Advisor
Eversman, Walter
Advisor's Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Annual UMR Undergraduate Research Symposium (1994: Mar. 23, Rolla, MO)
Abstract
Wing flutter is one of the most important and dangerous phenomenon faced by aircraft structural design engineers. Flutter is a self exciting aeroelastic phenomenon in which portions of an aircraft structure begin to oscillate with exponentially growing amplitudes, produced by the changing aerodynamic forces and moments brought about by the deformation of the structure. There exists a characteristic flight speed, known as the flutter speed, where the structure exhibits sustained harmonic motion, ie. zero damping. Below this velocity, the vibration of the structure due to a perturbation will decrease exponentially, while above this velocity, the vibration will increase exponentially, eventually leading to catastrophic failure.
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
23 Mar 1994
Recommended Citation
Laws, Aaron, "The Feasibility of Using Piezoelectric Flap Actuation in the Active Control of Flutter" (1994). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE). 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/oure/9
