EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FLUTTER PHENOMENON OF AN AITCRAFT WING (NACA 0012)

Authors

  • Tawfiq Khatir Institute of science and technology University Centre Salhi Ahmed, Naama 45000
  • Boutchicha Djillali
  • Samir Khatir
  • Lousdad Abdelkader
  • Magd Abdel Wahab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.mech.23.4.15175

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Floating, Flutter phenomenon, Aircraft wing, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Floating is a dangerous phenomenon for aircrafts and usually ends with plane rupture. It can be used to characterize a dynamic instability of the structure. Floating phenomenon is usually due to an interaction between aerodynamics, elasticity and inertial forces. It appears at a determinate speed of flight called critical floating speed. The aim of the present study is to determine the floating critical speed of an aircraft wing in a subsonic fan by means of experimental tests and numerical simulations using the commercial Finite Element Analysis package ANSYS CFX. The obtained experimental results are in good agreement with those obtained using the numerical approach.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.mech.23.4.15175

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Published

2017-09-07

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2017)

Section

DYNAMICS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS