publications by Kenneth C Hall.

Papers Published

1. Thomas, J.P. and Dowell, E.H. and Hall, K.C., Nonlinear inviscid aerodynamic effects on transonic divergence, flutter, and limit-cycle oscillations, AIAA J. (USA), vol. 40 no. 4 (2002), pp. 638 - 46 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/10)

   Abstract:
   By the use of a state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method to model nonlinear steady and unsteady transonic flows in conjunction with a linear structural model, an investigation is made into how nonlinear aerodynamics can effect the divergence, flutter, and limit-cycle oscillation (LCO) characteristics of a transonic airfoil configuration. A single-degree-of-freedom (DOF) model is studied for divergence, and one- and two-DOF models are studied for flutter and LCO. A harmonic balance method in conjunction with the CFD solver is used to determine the aerodynamics for finite amplitude unsteady excitations of a prescribed frequency. A procedure for determining the LCO solution is also presented. For the configuration investigated, nonlinear aerodynamic effects are found to produce a favorable transonic divergence trend and unstable and stable LCO solutions, respectively, for the one- and two-DOF flutter models

   Keywords:
   aerodynamics;computational fluid dynamics;fluid oscillations;transonic flow;