A developed fluid-structure coupling solver was used to study the aeroelastic response behaviors of curved panels subjected to an impinging oblique shock. The geometric nonlinear large deformation equations of curved panel were solved by finite difference method
while the fluid governing equations were solved by means of finite-volume scheme. The conventional serial staggered algorithm was adopted for the fluid-structure interaction. Numerical results demonstrated that as the dynamic pressure was smaller than the critical flutter dynamic pressure
the curved panel exhibited a static equilibrium state
and the asymmetry of the panel deformation was more pronounced with the increasing dynamic pressure. When the dynamic pressure was greater than the critical flutter dynamic pressure
the panel vibration displacement increased firstly and then decreased
and finally reached a stable flutter state. This limit cycle flutter was asymmetric about the initial point. Meanwhile
as the dynamic pressure increased
the maximum positive and negative displacements of panel flutter
and flutter amplitude increased gradually
but the frequency of flutter reduced gradually. The panel flutter behaviors did not monotonously increase or decrease with altering curvature of panel. The smaller initial curvature can reduce the critical dynamic pressure of panel flutter. However
as the panel curvature further increased
the quasi-periodic irregular oscillation was excited due to the enhancement of the aerodynamic nonlinearity