Apoorva R. Parvathgari

Leading-edge energy transfer governs flutter onset of a pitching finite wing in low-Reynolds number flows

Flutter onset is determined by the sign of the aerodynamic work on the structure, but cycle-integrated work does not reveal where this energy transfer originates. We perform direct numerical simulations of incompressible flow over an aspect-ratio-two NACA 0015 wing pitching at $Re=1000$ and use lobe-resolved force-mome...