Whirl Flutter of Turboprop Aircraft Structures

Jirí Cecrdle started his professional carrier in 1995 at the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLU) in Prague, Czech Republic. He has been the head of the Workgroup of Aeroelasticity there since 2004. He participated in several projects of Czech aircraft development and certification, and he also works as a Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) and research project evaluator. His spheres of scientific interest include analytical and experimental dynamics and the aeroelasticity of aircraft structures, as well as aeroelastic optimization and model updating. His whirl flutter-related experience includes aircraft certification issues, the development of analytical tools and methods and the development of the whirl flutter aeroelastic wind tunnel demonstrator.

1. Introduction to aircraft aeroelasticity and whirl flutter 2. Theoretical background of whirl flutter phenomenon 3. Whirl flutter occurrence in aerospace practice 4. Experimental research on whirl flutter 5. Analytical methods for whirl flutter investigation 6. Application to the aircraft certification process 7. Certification examples from aerospace practice