Aeroelasticity AEE523

Introduction to Aeroelasticity

2021/2022 Fall AYBU/TAI Graduate Course

Tutor: Dr Aykut Tamer, a.tamer@imperial.ac.uk

Programme
Grading
Project
• 2 projects:
• 1 given on static aeroelasticity (10%)
• 1 given or you can decide on dynamic aeroelasticity (30%)
• (Deadline: Week commencing 20 October)
• Grading: Report, presentation and Q&A.

• Bonus:
• HWs (5%)
Office Hour
• 1 hour after the class.

• For question, discussions etc.

• Please stand out at the end of the lecture.

References
No textbook. Some references:

• Principles of Aeroelasticity, R. L. Bisplinghoff, H. Ashley, Dover Edition

• Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads, J. R. Wright and J. E. Cooper, Wiley

• Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, D. H. Hodges and G. A. Pierce, Cambridge Aerospace Series

• A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity, E. H. Dowell, et. al., Kluwer Academic Publishers

• An Introduction to Theory of Aeroelasticity, Y. C. Fung, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Dover Edition

• Aeroelasticity, R. L. Bisplinghoff, H. Ashley, and R. L. Halfman, Dover Edition

• Rotary Wing Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, R. L. Bielawa, AIAA

Definition
Aeroelasticity is the subject that describes the interaction of aerodynamic, inertia and elastic forces
for a flexible structure and the phenomena that can result.
Phenomena
• Divergence (static)
• Control Surface Reversal (static)
Inertial Forces
• Flutter (Dynamic)
• Buffet (Dynamic)
• Limit Cycle Oscillations (Nonlinear)

Elastic Forces Aerodynamic Forces

Examples
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esfpcnQW6qs
Examples
Tail Flutter, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFZNrTYp3k
Examples
Wind Tunnel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxp-lOjLHk
Example
• Glider, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQI3AWpTWhM
Examples
• Energy harvesting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wickla4pAas
HISTORY
History - Wright Brothers
History – Lanchester Study (WW I)
History – Fokker D 3 (WW I)
History – 1930s
History

Aeroelastic Concepts
• Morphing /Adaptive Structures
• Load Alleviation
• Energy Harvesting
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CERTIFICATION
Certification
Certification
SOME CONCEPTS
Stability
• In Aeroelasticity, a major focus is on STABILITY (other is loads)
• Stability: study of the nearby solutions of an equilibrium
• EQUILIBRIA

STABLE
UNSTABLE NEUTRAL
Stability
Stability
• What determines stability in a mechanical system?

• How stability is evaluated?

Stability
• What determines stability in a mechanical system?

• How stability is evaluated?

Linear vs Nonlinear