Numerical Analysis of Free Play-Induced Aeroelastic Phenomena: A Numerical Approach With Adaptive Step Size Control

Table 4

Computational effort and estimates of flutter speed using different step sizes in continuation method for linear flutter analysis.

Case no.	Step size (m/s)	Iterations run	Flutter speed(m/s)
1	≥ 2	Failure	Failure
2	1	26	22.1
3	0.5	51	24.8
4	0.25	101	24.3
5	0.1	251	23.5
6	0.05	504	23.9
7	Adaptive step size	85	23.9