Interaction of aeroelastic forces and turbulence at flutter onset wind speed

The investigation of the self-feeding forces impact on the structural displacements in turbulent wind is presented. This impact is dealt with as a ratio of the displacement variances with and without the self-feeding forces, and a formula is proposed for this ratio on a 2DOF section-model. The paper also presents a method to determine the softness of the flutter that affects significantly the impact of the self-feeding forces over the buffeting forces. This method highlights the influence of the flutter derivatives on how the structural parameters affect the softness.