AAE 55600 - Aeroelasticity

Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of the effect of aerodynamic forces of flexible aircraft. Static aeroelastic problems; control effectiveness; lift effectiveness; divergence. Dynamic aeroelasticity; classical flutter; an introduction to stability augmentation with controls. A review of standard and modern numerical solution techniques; the k-method, the British or p-k method. Credits: 3.00