Effects of structural nonlinearities in aeroelasticity

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The model of aerodynamic system, which is described by mechanical system with two degrees of freedom, is under consideration. This model was devised for the investigation of an airfoil in a steady flow. Thus the restoring force is supposed to be nonlinear with cubic terms. By using the typical assumptions of van der Pol approach, the authors study steady processes. For different ranges of changing of amplitudes and frequencies of an external harmonic perturbation, the stability of motion is analyzed. The basic attention is paid to the analysis of amplitude-frequency response. At first, for neglecting aerodynamic interaction, it is shown that several regimes can occur in the mentioned system, namely harmonic regime, aperiodic regime, jump phenomenon and multi-valued amplitude-frequency relation. Some results are confirmed by numerical simulation. Similar results are obtained for aeroelastic interaction of an airfoil. The behavior of the system in the vicinity of linear flutter speed is also studied. This article will be of interest to experts in nonlinear oscillations and to mechanical engineers who are interested in methods of nonlinear simulation.











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