Assessment of Advanced Flutter Flight-Test Techniques and Flutter Boundary Prediction Methods

The paper presents an experimental study, conducted by the Israel Air Force, aimed at the assessment of several advanced flutter flight-test techniques that are designed to improve the efficiency a...

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