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A Review of Panel Flutter at Low Supersonic Speeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. J. Johns*
Affiliation:
Loughborough College of Technology

Extract

It has been shown both experimentally and theoretically that the Mach number range from 1·0 to 1·5 is very critical for panel flutter. Also, the correlation between experiment and theory in the above range has generally been poor.

Sufficient papers have now been written which are relevant to the title subject that it is possible to make a review of the subject and to make recommendations for further work. These papers are reviewed in approximate chronological order. In all cases the panels referred to are rectangular and unswept with the air flow on one side only, unless otherwise stated.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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