MEMSDUKEPRATT School of engineering


publications by Jeffrey P Thomas.


Papers Published

  1. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Dowell, Earl H. and Hall, Kenneth C., Modeling viscous transonic limit-cycle oscillation behavior using a harmonic balance approach, Journal of Aircraft, vol. 41 no. 6 (2004), pp. 1266 - 1274 .
    (last updated on 2007/04/07)

    Abstract:
    Presented is a harmonic-balance computational fluid dynamic approach for modeling limit-cycle oscillation behavior of aeroelastic airfoil configurations in a viscous transonic flow. For the NLR 7301 airfoil configuration studied, accounting for viscous effects is shown to significantly influence computed limit-cycle oscillation trends when compared to an inviscid analysis. A methodology for accounting for changes in mean angle of attack during limit-cycle oscillation is also developed.

    Keywords:
    Airfoils;Viscosity;Oscillations;Damping;Natural frequencies;Harmonic analysis;Mathematical models;

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