Long, narrow wings are intended to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort in aircraft. However, wing flutter must be ...

As Boeing’s 787 illustrates, airliner wings are more slender than they used to be. But as wings get slimmer in pursuit of lower drag and lighter weight, flutter becomes a greater concern. Flutter is ...

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...

When creating lift, longer, thinner wings can reduce drag, making them efficient. However, they can become very flexible in ...

NASA has actively suppressed flutter of a flexible wing in flight, potentially paving the way for lighter, lower-drag wings on future fuel-efficient aircraft. The feat was demonstrated on flights of ...

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The future of commercial aircraft will probably include long, thin, flexible wings that reduce weight and drag for extra efficiency and ride comfort. NASA and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division ...

The Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA ...

Flutter is a form of aeroelastic instability that manifests itself with oscillations (see Figure 1) which either grow, and eventually lead to a structural failure, or remain at some constant-amplitude ...