This paper presents a comprehensive experimental analysis of the evolutionary modal characteristics of a highly flexible wing that exhibits bending–torsion coupling-driven instability. By implementing operational modal analysis on responses triggered by a combination of an external pulse-like stimulation and turbulence within the flow, this paper presents the airspeed-driven variations of the modal frequencies, damping ratios, and the underlying modal coupling behavior, leading to instability. This analysis is extended to varying the wing root pitch angles through which the effects of geometrical nonlinearity are exercised. Their effects are particularly noted on the hump feature of the airspeed-driven damping ratio locus of the mode responsible for instability. The decreasing critical damping ratio is shown to result in amplified turbulence-driven responses, which pose significant challenges to identification procedures by masking the visibility of other modes. Furthermore, through a novel technique used to analyze the modal coupling, the relative phase and magnitude properties of the coupled bending–torsion composition of the critical mode before and at flutter onset are evidenced experimentally. It is demonstrated that these relative participation measures provide a strong indication of the response content of the limit cycle oscillations that emerge after the flutter speed.


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    Title :

    Systematic Experimental Evaluation of Aeroelastic Characteristics of a Highly Flexible Wing Demonstrator



    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 62 , 12 ; 4615-4630


    Publication date :

    2024-12-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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