Airbus completes A350F ground vibration test, validates structural dynamics model

• Airbus completed a three-day Ground Vibration Test of the A350F in Toulouse in June, a key milestone ahead of first flight.
• Results supported tuning of finite-element aeroelastic and dynamic-load models, a prerequisite to open the aircraft’s initial flight envelope.
• Testing combined external shakers with control-surface excitations, using a data-fusion sensor set-up to speed execution.
• Airbus reported high-quality data with good agreement versus theoretical predictions, reducing aeroelastic uncertainty ahead of flight testing.
• Work now shifts to post-processing and model updates ahead of in-flight flutter tests during the first three months of the campaign, up to VD/MD.

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