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Authors
Pierre Vacher; Alain Bucharles

Identifier
10.3182/20060329-3-AU-2901.00098

Index Terms
identification,algorithms,polynomials,transfer functions,frequency domain

Abstract
Flutter flight tests is a crucial and feared phase of the flight test program of a new aircraft. The specific operational context of flutter surveillance implies the development of automatic and reliable tools operating in real-time. At ONERA, we recently developed a toolbox dedicated to data processing for flutter tests. It was used for the latest Airbus aircraft from the A340-600 up to the A380. In this article, we present the main procedure of the toolbox : the identification routine together with the graphical interfaces that were designed to help the operator to get a rapid knowledge of the identification results.

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