Research Article

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 runFlutter speed(m/s)

1≥ 2FailureFailure
212622.1
30.55124.8
40.2510124.3
50.125123.5
60.0550423.9
7Adaptive step size8523.9