New Look at Unsteady Supersonic Potential Flow Aerodynamics and Piston Theory

No AccessTechnical NoteNew Look at Unsteady Supersonic Potential Flow Aerodynamics and Piston TheoryCorrections for this articleNew Look at Unsteady Supersonic Potential Flow Aerodynamics and Piston TheoryEarl H. Dowell and Donald B. BlissEarl H. DowellMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 and Donald B. BlissMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708Published Online:20 Aug 2013https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J052088SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations About References [1] Lighthill M. J., "Oscillating Airfoils at High Mach Number," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 6, 1953, pp. 402–406. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/8.2657 JASCAR 0095-9812 LinkGoogle Scholar[2] Ashley H. and Zartarian G., "Piston Theory: A New Aerodynamic Tool for the Aeroelastician," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 12, 1956, pp. 1109–1118. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/8.3740 JASCAR 0095-9812 LinkGoogle Scholar[3] Liu D. D., Yao Z. X., Sarhaddi D. and Chaves F., "From Piston Theory to a Unified Hypersonic Supersonic Lifting Surface Method," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 34, No. 3, 1997, pp. 304–312. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/2.2199 JAIRAM 0021-8669 LinkGoogle Scholar[4] Mei C., Abdel-Motagaly K. and Chen R. R., " Review of Nonlinear Panel Flutter at Supersonic and Hypersonic Speeds," Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 52, No. 10, 1999, pp. 321–332. doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3098919 AMREAD 0003-6900 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[5] Friedmann P., McNamara J. J., Thuruthimattam B. J. and Nydick I., "Aeroelastic Analysis of Hypersonic Vehicles," Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 5, 2004, pp. 681–712. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2004.04.003 0889-9746 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[6] Zhang W. W., Ye Z.-Y. and Zhang C.-A., "Supersonic Flutter Analysis Based Upon Local Piston Theory," AIAA Journal, Vol. 47, No. 10, 2009, pp. 2321–2328. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.37750 AIAJAH 0001-1452 LinkGoogle Scholar[7] Dowell E. H., Clark R. L., Cox D., Curtiss H. C., Edwards J. W., Hall K. C., Peters D., Scanlan R., Simiu E., Sisto F. and Strganac T. W., "A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity," 4th ed., Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004, pp.182–189. Google Scholar[8] Nelson H. C., Rainey R. A. and Watkins C. E., "Lift and Moment Coefficients Expanded to the Seventh Power of Frequency for Oscillating Rectangular Wings in Supersonic Flow and Applied to a Specific Flutter Problem," NACA TN-3076, 1954. Google Scholar[9] Hayes W. D. and Probstein R. F., "Hypersonic Flow Theory," Academic Press, New York, 1959, Chap. 2. Google Scholar Previous article Next article