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Some Recent Advances in Nonlinear Aeroelasticity

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This brings the discussion of nonlinear aeroelasticity up to date. See the earlier discussion in Chap. 11. Much of the recent advances are based on new understanding of such subjects as limit cycle oscillations due to structural non-linearities, including freeplay, and fluid nonlinearities associated with unsteady separated flow including self excited flow oscillations variously called buffet or non-synchronous vibration.

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    This chapter is based upo a AIAA SDM lecture given in 2010.

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    This section is an abbreviated and revised version of [1]

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Dowell, E.H. (2022). Some Recent Advances in Nonlinear Aeroelasticity. In: Dowell, E.H. (eds) A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 264. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74236-2_14

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