An improved aeroelastic model consisting of a single profile exposed to an airflow of velocity U was developed, as shown in Figure 1. The comparison of the results obtained from the proposed tuned aeroelastic model and the experimental data is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 1. Single profile model in fluid flow with linear spring and friction coupling
Figure 2. Amplitude (a) and frequency (b) characteristics of the current model with defined parameters compared to experimental data from the literature