Construction of an aeroelastic system that suffers the phenomenon flutter in a wind tunnel

• Grant number: 07/03360-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2007
• Effective date (End): June 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Flight Dynamics
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Morgado Belo
• Grantee: Eloy Marum de Freitas Júnior
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this research plan, it is proposed to conclude a project related to an aeroelastic system that suffers the flutter phenomenon, when submitted to the air flow in a wind tunnel. It is intended to construct and assembly a wind tunnel aeroelastic balance composed by a main block and a rigid wing, both previously designed by another student. Moreover, it is also proposed to analyze all the set in the wind tunnel, with consequent acquisition of data and, in parallel, compare the results obtained experimentally with the results from the algebraic formulation, carried out numerically by the first student.