Application of Analytical Methods for Advanced Flight Flutter Test

The current state of the art of analytical flutter analysis and flight flutter testing is reviewed. In particularity the areas where this parts of the certification procedure cloud be improved are discussed. The key to speeding up the clearance test procedure, and also to reduce costs, is to reduce the number of flight test points that are required as part of the clearance programme. To achieve this aim, the entire dynamic modelling, as well as the analytical approach and the testing procedure needs to be improved, particularly with respect to non-linearity. Non-linear aeroelastic phenomena will then be able to be predicted more accurately. A number of relevant technologies are considered in relation to flight flutter testing. Suggestions are made as how these aspects could be improved in order to speed up and reduce the cost of flight flutter testing, while maintaining the levels of safety. About the methods for Aeroelastic solution, see [1–12].