flutter-speed-predictionlisted
Install: claude install-skill ashfordeOU/aero-agent-skills
# Flutter Speed Prediction (aerodynamics/aeroelasticity/flutter-speed-prediction)
Use when the task is the classical flutter condition of a
two-degree-of-freedom wing section: the flutter speed where the
bending-torsion modes lose stability, found with the V-g method, the
frequency coalescence check, and the flutter margin against the design
dive speed for flutter clearance in the FAR 25.629 context. This leaf
is the dynamic counterpart of
aerodynamics/aeroelasticity/divergence-speed (static divergence); it is
also distinct from structures/fem/modal-analysis (mode extraction) and
aerodynamics/high-speed/swept-wing-aerodynamics (sweep effects), which
feed and shape multi-mode flutter work.
## Domain quick reference
- Binary typical section: plunge h (positive down) and pitch theta
(positive nose-up) about an elastic axis at a*b from the mid-chord
(positive aft; a = -0.2 is the elastic axis at 40 percent chord), with
semi-chord b. The structural parameters are the mass ratio mu = m /
(pi * rho * b^2), the static unbalance x_theta (the distance from the
elastic axis to the center of gravity divided by b, the inertia
coupling), the radius of gyration squared r_theta^2 (inertia about the
elastic axis I_theta = m * r_theta^2 * b^2), and the uncoupled bending
and torsion frequencies omega_h and omega_theta (stiffnesses K_h = m *
omega_h^2 and K_theta = I_theta * omega_theta^2).
- Unsteady aerodynamics: the Theodorsen loads with the complex
lift-deficiency func