MEMSDUKEPRATT School of engineering


publications by Jeffrey P Thomas.


Papers Published

  1. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Hall, Kenneth C. and Dowell, Earl H., A harmonic balance approach for modeling nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of wings in transonic viscous flow, Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, vol. 7 (2003), pp. 4779 - 4784 .
    (last updated on 2007/04/07)

    Abstract:
    Presented is a frequency-domain harmonic-balance (HB) computational fluid dynamic (CFD) approach for modeling flutter onset and limit cycle oscillation (LCO) behavior of viscous transonic aeroelastic wing configurations. The AGARD 445.6 transonic wing configuration is studied and results are compared to a recent inviscid analysis for a supersonic Mach number flow condition.

    Keywords:
    Wings;Flutter (aerodynamics);Transonic flow;Viscous flow;Computational fluid dynamics;Mathematical models;Frequency domain analysis;Oscillations;Supersonic flow;

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