aerodynamic instability

aerodynamic instability

[‚e·ro·dī′nam·ik ‚in·stə′bil·əd·ē]
(aerospace engineering)
An unstable state caused by oscillations of a structure that are generated by spontaneous and more or less periodic fluctuations in the flow, particularly in the wake of the structure.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Theodorsen, "General theory of aerodynamic instability and the mechanism of flutter," NACA Technical Report 469, 1934.
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Theodorsen, "General theory of aerodynamic instability and the mechanism of flutter," NACA Report 496, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-NACA, 1935.
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