Pure single mode flutter oscillations of a plate (M = 1.06)

Project: Visualization of Mechanical Processes

Journal: Visualization of Mechanical Processes: An International Online Journal

Article: EVOLUTION OF NONLINEAR PANEL FLUTTER OSCILLATIONS

Topics: Gas dynamics, Aerodynamics, Supersonic flows, Visualization techniques, Numerical methods, Stability, Wind Engineering

This movie shows flutter oscillations of elastic plate at Mach numbers 1.0 < M ≤ 1.12. The plate shape looks close to the first natural mode shape; deflections of the plate upward and downward are symmetrical to each other. Oscillations have a certain component of traveling wave moving downstream.