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JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION
Volume 386, Issue -, Pages 390-406Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2016.10.004
Keywords
Aeroelastic flutter; Multi-fractals; Hurst exponent; Wind tunnel experiments; Precursor; Structural health monitoring
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Wind tunnel tests on a NACA 0012 airfoil have been carried out to study the transition in aeroelastic response from an initial state characterised by low-amplitude aperiodic fluctuations to aeroelastic flutter when the system exhibits limit cycle oscillations. An analysis of the aeroelastic measurements reveals multi-fractal characteristics in the pre-flutter regime. This has not been studied in the literature. As the flow velocity approaches the flutter velocity from below, a gradual loss in multi-fractality is observed. Measures based on the generalised Hurst exponents are developed and are shown to have the potential to warn against impending aeroelastic flutter. The results of this study could be useful for health monitoring of aeroelastic structures. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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