Evaluation of quasi-steady aerodynamic modeling for flutter prediction of aircraft wings in incompressible flow

Abstract

In this paper, the aeroelastic behavior and flutter instability of aircraft wings in subsonic incompressible flight speed regime are investigated. Quasi-steady and unsteady aerodynamic models are used for aerodynamic modeling and the obtained aeroelastic predictions are compared to those available in the specialized literature. Based on a number of test cases, it is shown that the quasi-steady aerodynamic models are inadequate for the determination of aeroelastic behavior and flutter boundary of aircraft wings in the incompressible flight speed range.