Aeroelastic stability analysis using linear matrix inequalities

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Autor(a) principal: Bueno,Douglas D.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Marqui,Clayton R., Góes,Luiz C. S., Gonçalvez,Paulo J. P.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-58782012000600002
Resumo: The present work describes an alternative methodology for identification of aeroelastic stability in a range of varying parameters. Analysis is performed in time domain based on Lyapunov stability and solved by convex optimization algorithms. The theory is outlined and simulations are carried out on a benchmark system to illustrate the method. The classical methodology with the analysis of the system's eigenvalues is presented for comparing the results and validating the approach. The aeroelastic model is represented in state space format and the unsteady aerodynamic forces are written in time domain using rational function approximation. The problem is formulated as a polytopic differential inclusion system and the conceptual idea can be used in two different applications. In the first application the method verifies the aeroelastic stability in a range of air density (or its equivalent altitude range). In the second one, the stability is verified for a rage of velocities. These analyses are in contrast to the classical discrete analysis performed at fixed air density/velocity values. It is shown that this method is efficient to identify stability regions in the flight envelope and it offers promise for robust flutter identification.