The paper describes a nonintrusive optical method for measuring flutter vibrations in unducted fan or propeller rotors and provides detailed spectral results for two flutter modes of a scaled unducted fan. The measurements were obtained in a high-speed wind tunnel. A single-rotor and a dual-rotor counterrotating configuration of the model were tested; however, only the forward rotor of the counterrotating configuration fluttered. Conventional strain gages were used to obtain flutter frequency; optical data provided complete phase results and an indication of the flutter mode shape through the ratio of the leading- to trailing-edge flutter amplitudes near the blade tip. In the transonic regime the flutter exhibited some features that are usually associated with nonlinear vibrations. Experimental mode shape and frequencies were compared with calculated values that included centrifugal effects.
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Optical Measurements of Unducted Fan Flutter
A. P. Kurkov,
A. P. Kurkov
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
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O. Mehmed
O. Mehmed
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
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A. P. Kurkov
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
O. Mehmed
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
J. Turbomach. Jan 1993, 115(1): 189-196 (8 pages)
Published Online: January 1, 1993
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Received:
January 25, 1991
Online:
June 9, 2008
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Kurkov, A. P., and Mehmed, O. (January 1, 1993). "Optical Measurements of Unducted Fan Flutter." ASME. J. Turbomach. January 1993; 115(1): 189–196. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2929206
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