Journal of Aeronautical Engineering

Journal of Aeronautical Engineering

Panel Flutter of Variable Stiffness Composite Laminated Plates with Curvilinear Fibers subjected to Yawed Airflow

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
2 Aeronautical Science and Technology Dept., Aerospace Research Institute, Tehran
10.22034/joae.2024.426841.1206
Abstract
At high-speed atmospheric flights, the vehicle skin panels experience structural problems and instabilities including the panel flutter. The flutter behavior of plates laminated with variable stiffness composite plies of curvilinear fibers subjected to in-plane yawed supersonic airflow is investigated. In each variable stiffness ply, the fiber orientation changes linearly with longitude. Classical plate theory is used and the effect of aerodynamic forces is modeled by first-order piston theory. Rayleigh-Ritz method followed by eigenvalue analysis is then utilized to extract governing equations and to obtain flutter characteristics. The present formulation is verified to provide converged and accurate enough results in both flutter analysis and VSCL calculations. Effects of change in curvilinear fiber angles on flutter frequency and critical aerodynamic pressure are studied and compared to others. The results show that the critical flutter frequencies as well as the critical non-dimensional aerodynamic pressure are basically dependent on the flow yaw direction and fiber-orientation. The obtained results show the effectiveness of the method. The maximum aerodynamic pressure of the flutter is observed when the yaw air flow angle is aligned with the mid-length fiber orientation angle.
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Volume 27, Issue 1
May 2025
Pages 21-32

  • Receive Date 24 November 2023
  • Revise Date 19 April 2024
  • Accept Date 13 June 2024