Transonic flutter suppression with tuned mass damper by model-based stability analysis method

Flutter as a self-excited oscillation can cause catastrophic damage to the aircraft structure. Tuned mass damper (TMD) is one of the vibration suppression methods widely used in engineering. However, traditional linear aerodynamic methods are not accurate in transonic flow. In this study, we first establish an unsteady aerodynamic model of the NACA0012 airfoil using the system identification method based on the Auto-Regressive with eXogenous input (ARX) model. Then, a flutter suppression model is constructed by coupling the TMD with the aeroelastic system. The parameters of the TMD are investigated using the model-based aeroelastic stability analysis. It is found that the flutter instability mode of the original system has changed due to the participation of the TMD in the system modal coupling. The proposed reduced-order model (ROM) provides a fast stability analysis method for flutter suppression with TMD as well as significant guidance for TMD design and optimization.

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This study establishes an unsteady aerodynamic model using the system identification method, and couples a tuned mass damper (TMD) with the aeroelastic system to construct a flutter suppression model. By analyzing the parameters of the TMD, it is found that the participation of TMD changes the flutter instability mode of the original system. The proposed reduced-order model (ROM) provides a fast stability analysis method for flutter suppression with TMD, as well as guidance for TMD design and optimization.