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Control Surface Freeplay Effects

Control Surface Freeplay Effects is a mechanical nonlinearity characterized by unintended motion or looseness in an aircraft control surface due to clearance or wear in its actuation linkage, which distinguishes it from other control surface imperfections by introducing deadband-induced instabilities and limit cycle oscillations in flight dynamics.

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NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR OF A TYPICAL AIRFOIL SECTION WITH CONTROL SURFACE FREEPLAY: A NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Mark D. Conner, Deman Tang, Earl H. Dowell et al. · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 1997 · 272 citations

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Representation and analysis of control surface freeplay nonlinearity

Rui Vasconcellos, Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Flávio D. Marques et al. · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 2012 · 91 citations · Full text

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Review of control surface freeplay

Jeet Panchal, Haym Benaroya · Progress in Aerospace Sciences · 2021 · 42 citations

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Nature of Freeplay-Induced Aeroelastic Oscillations

Denis Kholodar · Journal of Aircraft · 2014 · 28 citations

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Global and local dynamics of an aeroelastic system with a control surface freeplay nonlinearity

Stephen T. Trickey · PhDT · 2000 · 19 citations

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  1. DK
    Denis Kholodar

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  2. EH
    Earl H. Dowell

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 291 citations

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  3. MR
    Muhammad R. Hajj

    Virginia Tech, United States

    1 publications · 91 citations

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  4. YG
    Yingsong Gu

    Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. MD
    Mark D. Conner

    Duke University, United States

    1 publications · 272 citations

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  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  4. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  5. Northwestern Polytechnical University

    Xi'an, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  7. Bombardier (Canada)

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. Aeronautical Development Agency

    Bengaluru, India

    1 publications

    11 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluids and Structures

    3 publications · 381 citations

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  2. Journal of Aircraft

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  3. PhDT

    Repository · 1 publications · 19 citations

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  4. Progress in Aerospace Sciences

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. AIAA Journal

    2 publications · 30 citations

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