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Introduction

In: Aeroelasticity

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  • A V Balakrishnan

    (University of California, Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Mathematics)

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The subject matter of aeroelasticity is the dynamics of a structure in air flow, traditionally the wing of an aircraft in flight. There are important nonaircraft applications of more recent interest as well which we treat in Chap. 10. Thus it involves both structural dynamics and fluid dynamics without being either. In this sense it has an inherent identity complex but still has developed as a separate discipline over the many years since flight began. The central problem is “flutter,” a potentially destructive instability that occurs at any altitude as the speed is increased to the “flutter speed,” the “flutter boundary.” Indeed the Federal Aviation Administration mandates that a margin of 15% be maintained in all flight. And thus “flutter analysis” is an ongoing activity in flight centers as well as in aircraft design.

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  • A V Balakrishnan, 2012. "Introduction," Springer Books, in: Aeroelasticity, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 1-8, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4614-3609-6_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3609-6_1
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