Transonic wing flutter predictions by a loosely-coupled method

This paper presents transonic wing flutter predictions by coupling Euler/Navier–Stokes equations and structural modal equations. This coupling between Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) is achieved through a Multi-Disciplinary Computing Environment (MDICE), which allows several computer codes or ‘modules’ to communicate in a highly efficient fashion. The present approach offers the advantage of...