oO AEM ets ANC BULLETIN VIBRATION AND FLUTTER PREVENTION HANDBOOK DEPARTMENT OF -THE AIR FORCE AIR MATERIEL COMMAND DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION ¥ Issued by the AIR FORCE-NAVY-CIVIL COMMITTEE ‘ON AIRCRAFT DESIGN CRITERIA Under the Supervision of the AERONAUTICAL BOARD APRIL 1948 ‘The contents of this Bulletin shall not be reproduced in whole or {n part without specific authority of the Aeronautical BoardQ wo 3.0 VIBRATION AND FLUTTER PREVENTION Preface 0.1 Introduction 2 Arrangement 0.3 Notice 1W0-12(1) Procedure for Sty Vibrats 2.1 Scope 1.2 General Procedure for Ground Vibration Teste 1.3 Detail Procedure for Structural Vibration Testa on the Ground 14 Detail Procedure-for Prver Plant Vibration -Teste.on_the Ground 2.5 General Procedure for Flight Vibration Tests 1.6 Detail Procedure for Flight Vibration Teste 1.7 Flight Tests to Determine Severity of Vibrations Induced by the Power Plant When s Quantitative Vibration Survey is Deened Advisable, 1.8 Vibration Test Apparatus 4NO-12(2) Methods of Flutter Prevention 2.1 References for ANC-12(2) 2.2 General Information 2.3 Inpirical Methods of Flutter Prevention 2.4 Flutter Calculations 2.5 Determination of Flutter Paraneters 2.6 Flutter Models 2:7 Special Flight Flutter Tests ano-221 Flutter Anelyses (To be added by anendnent)o 0.2 0.2 0.2, 0,22 0.23, 0.3 aNo-22 VIBRATION AND FLUTTER PREVENTION BULLETIN Preface Introduction Since many aircraft manufacturers supply airplanes for both civil and military use, standardization of the procedures used to insure freedon fron flutter and excessive vibration is of direct benefit to the namfacturer and to the procuring or certificating agencies concemed. This publication has therefore been prepared in order to recormend acceptable procedures for per- forming flutter and vibration tests and analyses on aircraft. In carrying out this purpose the procedures described nerein have been intentionally nade as sinple as is practicable without sacrificing completeness, It ia particularly intended to ald those who Mave not Sccumulated sufficient ex- perience to organize and carry out flutter analyses. It 1s not expected that all data Listed herein nil be necessary for any one airplane. The prinary purpose of the data is to denonstrate safe and satisfactory opere- ‘ion of the airplane, and decisions regarding specific tests should be based on contemplated use Of the data to this ent. Either the procuring or certifi- cating agency or the manufacturer should propose a specific test program suf- ficiently early in each project to reach agreesent with the other party so that undue delays and expense willte avoided, ‘The material contained herein is acceptable to the U, 8, Air Force, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and the Civil Aeronautics Adninistration. Engineers making use of this publication are invited to submit, coments and suggestions regarding its inprovenent directly to the comittee in change of this publication. Arrangement ANC-12 has been divided by subject to facilitate its application to the particular phase of the problem concerned. ANO-12(1), entitled "Procedure for Aircraft Structural Vibration Survey concerns ‘the experinental determination of the dynanic reactions of the air ‘oraft under forced vibrations. It enbraces both conventional and rotary wing aircraft and may also be applied to aircraft, of unconventional design. ‘The data obtained fron this survey are useful for perforaing theoretical. ‘flutter calculations and also for substantiating vibration characteristics determined from theoretical considerations. ANC-12(2), entitled "Methods of Flutter Prevention" describes design criteria Which experience has shom to be effective in eliminating flutter. In addi- ‘tion, it points out those cases for which flutter calculations should be made instead of using simplified eupirical criteria. Afic-12(3), entitled "Procedure for Fiutter Analysis! will. be added to-the anc-12 Bulletin by anendaent. It will describe 4n detail the procedures to : be used in performing flutter computations and present muncrical examples of various cases comonly excountered. A list of recomended symbols will be given as an appendix to ANC-12(3). - Notice ‘The reader is hereby notified that this bulletin is subject to revision and anendnent when and where such revision or amendment is necessary to effect agreement with the latest approved information on aircraft design