EFFECT OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL AERODYNAMIC DETUNING ON COUPLED BENDING-TORSION UNSTALLED SUPERSONIC FLUTTER.

A mathematical model is developed to predict the enhanced coupled bending-torsion unstalled supersonic flutter stability due to alternate circumferential spacing aerodynamic detuning of a turbomachine rotor. The translational and torsional unsteady aerodynamic coefficients are developed in terms of influence coefficients, with the coupled bending-torsion stability analysis developed by considering the coupled equations of motion together with the unsteady aerodynamic loading. The effect of this aerodynamic detuning on coupled bending-torsion unstalled supersonic flutter as well as the verification of the modeling are then demonstrated by considering an unstable twelve-bladed rotor, with Verdon's uniformly spaced Cascade B flow geometry as a baseline.