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Transonic and low-supersonic aeroelastic analysis of a two-degree-of-freedom airfoil with a freeplay non-linearity
A two-degree-of-freedom airfoil with a freeplay non-linearity in the pitch and plunge directions has been analyzed in the transonic and low-supersonic flow region, where aerodynamic non-linearities also exist. The primary purpose of this study is to show aeroelastic characteristics due to freeplay structural non-linearity in the transonic and low-supersonic regions. The unsteady aerodynamic forces on the airfoil were evaluated using two-dimensional unsteady Euler code, and the resulting aeroelastic equations are numerically integrated to obtain the aeroelastic time responses of the airfoil motions and to investigate the dynamic instability. The present model has been considered as a simple aeroelastic model, which is equivalent to the folding fin of an advanced generic missile. From the results of the present study, characteristics of important vibration responses and aeroelastic instabilities can be observed in the transonic and supersonic regions, especially considering the effect of structural non-linearity in the pitch and plunge directions. The regions of limit-cycle oscillation are shown at much lower velocities, especially in the supersonic flow region, than the divergent flutter velocities of the linear structure model. It is also shown that even small freeplay angles can lead to severe dynamic instabilities and dangerous fatigue conditions for the flight vehicle wings and control fins. (C) 2000 Academic Press
Explicitly-adaptive time delay estimation for wide-band signals
A new method of explicitly adaptive time delay estimation (EATDE) algorithm is proposed for estimating a varying time delay parameter. The proposed method is based on the Haar wavelet transform of cross-correlations. The proposed algorithm can be viewed as a gradient-based optimization of lowpass filtered cross-correlations, but requires less computational power. The algorithm shows a global convergence property for wide-band signals with uncorrelated noises. A convergence analysis including mean behavior, mean-square-error behavior, and steady-state error of delay estimate is given. Simulation results are also provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm
Nonlinear flutter characteristics of composite missile wing in transonic/low-supersonic flows
This work was supported through funding from the Korea Ministry
of Science and Technology. The authors acknowledge the
support (Subject 2000-N-NL-01-C-250) of the National Research
Laboratory Program
Development of sound source localization system using explicit adaptive time delay estimation
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