Volume 46, Issue 5 No AccessTheoretical Predictions of F-16 Fighter Limit Cycle Oscillations for Flight Flutter TestingEarl H. Dowell, Jeffrey P. Thomas, Kenneth C. Hall and Charles M. Denegri Jr.Earl H. Dowell Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0300Search for more papers by this author, Jeffrey P. Thomas Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0300Search for more papers by this author, Kenneth C. Hall Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0300Search for more papers by this author and Charles M. Denegri Jr. U.S. Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 32542-6865Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:22 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.42352SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited bySingle-mode flutter analysis of drag reduction spike by parameterized eigenvalue method and energy method1 Dec 2024 | Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 155Toward an Efficient Method for F-16 Limit Cycle Oscillation PredictionDaniel Kariv, Donald L. Kunz and Michael Iovnovich25 October 2023 | Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 61, No. 2Shock migration on an oscillating straked delta wing using an unsteady Euler solver1 Oct 2023 | Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 122Methodology for Numerically Stabilizing a Harmonic-Balance-Based Forced Response Aeroelastic Solution ApproachJeffrey P. 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