NASA Aims To Suppress Flutter, Enable Flexible Wings
Credit: NASA/Lauren Hughes
As Boeing’s 787 illustrates, airliner wings are more slender than they used to be. But as wings get slimmer in pursuit of lower drag and lighter weight, flutter becomes a greater concern. Flutter is the potentially destructive coupling between aerodynamics and structural dynamics. It is normally...
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