Aero-elastic characteristics of tapered plate wings
We study flutter and divergence of isotropic tapered plate wings. We couple aerodynamic and structural models using finite element shape functions. We develop a MATLAB code to implement the proposed model. The present model is validated using benchmark problems. The effects of taper ratio on divergence and flutter are studied.
aero-elasticity flutter divergence finite element method vortex lattice method doublet lattice method