Blade Structural Dynamics Flap/Lag/Torsion (12-state)
PARITYS1 · dim 12No clear winner. The survival gap is under 10 percentage points and the balanced-score gap is under 0.05, so neither SolvSRK nor the best baseline clears the win threshold. Either works - choose on cost, licensing, or integration effort. All verdicts →
12-state rotating blade structural dynamics: 6 generalized coordinates (2 modes each for flap, lag, torsion) + 6 rates. Centrifugal stiffening, flap-lag coupling from precone, pitch-flap coupling from delta_3 geometry. Torsion1 ~300Hz vs flap1 ~15Hz → stiffness ~20:1.
Problem definition
Hodges & Dowell, 'Nonlinear Equations of Motion for the Elastic Bending and Torsion of Twisted Nonuniform Rotor Blades', NASA TN D-7818, 1974; Friedmann, J. Aircraft, vol. 14, 1977
Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.
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def _aero_forcing(t):
"""Per-revolution aerodynamic excitation at 1/rev and 2/rev."""
psi = _OMEGA * t # azimuth angle
f = np.zeros(6)
q_dyn = 0.5 * _RHO_AIR * (_OMEGA * 0.75 * _R_BLADE)**2 * _CHORD * _R_BLADE
f[0] = _F_AERO_AMP[0] * q_dyn * np.sin(psi) # 1/rev flap
f[1] = _F_AERO_AMP[1] * q_dyn * np.sin(2.0 * psi) # 2/rev flap
f[2] = _F_AERO_AMP[2] * q_dyn * (1.0 + 0.3 * np.cos(psi)) # lag: steady + 1/rev
f[3] = _F_AERO_AMP[3] * q_dyn * np.cos(2.0 * psi) # 2/rev lag
f[4] = _F_AERO_AMP[4] * q_dyn * np.cos(psi) # 1/rev torsion
f[5] = _F_AERO_AMP[5] * q_dyn * np.cos(3.0 * psi) # 3/rev torsion
return f
def rhs_blade_structural(t, y):
"""Rotating blade flap-lag-torsion dynamics with centrifugal stiffening."""
q = y[:6]
qd = y[6:12]
# Effective stiffness with centrifugal stiffening
omega_eff_sq = _OMEGA_NR**2 + _K_CF * _OMEGA**2
# Stiffness force: -omega_eff^2 * q
f_stiffness = -omega_eff_sq * q
# Damping force: -2 * zeta * omega_eff * qdot
omega_eff = np.sqrt(omega_eff_sq)
f_damping = -2.0 * _ZETA * omega_eff * qd
# Cross-coupling forces (Coriolis-like from rotation)
f_coupling_stiffness = -_COUPLING_FL @ q * _OMEGA**2
f_coupling_velocity = -_COUPLING_FT @ qd * _OMEGA
# Aerodynamic forcing
f_aero = _aero_forcing(t)
# EOM: M * qdd = f_stiffness + f_damping + f_coupling + f_aero
qdd = (f_stiffness + f_damping + f_coupling_stiffness
+ f_coupling_velocity + f_aero) / _M_GEN
return np.concatenate([qd, qdd])- Parameters
- _CHORD = 0.015
- _COUPLING_FL = [0, 0, 0.0174532925199, 0, 0, 0, …] [shape=(6, 6), min=-0.0174532925199, max=0.0174532925199]
- _COUPLING_FT = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …] [shape=(6, 6), min=0, max=0.0535898384862]
- _F_AERO_AMP = [0.1, 0.02, 0.05, 0.01, 0.005, 0.001]
- _K_CF = [3, 8, 3, 8, 0.5, 0.5]
- _M_GEN = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
- _OMEGA = 733.038285838
- _OMEGA_NR = [75.3982236862, 471.238898038, 113.097335529, 691.15038379, 1759.29188601, 5277.87565803]
- _RHO_AIR = 1.225
- _R_BLADE = 0.127
- _ZETA = [0.02, 0.015, 0.03, 0.025, 0.01, 0.008]
- Initial condition
- y(0) = [0.001, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
- Horizon
- t ∈ [0, 0.2]
Canonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.
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Spread: low
Default noise: medium
Recommendation snapshot
Clean best: Vern9
Noisy best: SciPy BDF
Coverage
14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels
Ranked on survival, precision, and speed
Versions & freeze
Methodology →- Freeze
- 2026-08-13
- libsolvsrk
- 2.3.0
- SciPy
- 1.14
- SUNDIALS
- CVODE (bundled backend)
20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: Blade Structural Dynamics Flap/Lag/Torsion (12-state) (blade-structural-dynamics-flap-lag-torsion-12-state)
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Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified
Results matrix
Pick an objective and a noise level to rank all arms on survival, median SCD, median nfev, and median wall time. Medians across seeds.
Objective
Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.
Noise level
| # | Solver | Survival | SCD | nfev | Wall | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vern9external | 100% | 6.7 | 6,610 | 5.27 s | 0.777 |
| 2 | SolvSRK | 100% | 6.5 | 14,983 | 176 ms | 0.774 |
| 3 | SciPy RadauSciPy | 100% | 6.4 | 21,535 | 798 ms | 0.771 |
| 4 | Vern7external | 100% | 6.4 | 6,372 | 6.43 s | 0.771 |
| 5 | SciPy DOP853SciPy | 100% | 4.3 | 4,130 | 85 ms | 0.720 |
| 6 | CVODE Adamsexternal | 100% | 4.3 | 2,006 | 63 ms | 0.720 |
| 7 | Tsit5external | 100% | 4.1 | 7,452 | 2.01 s | 0.718 |
| 8 | SciPy RK45SciPy | 100% | 4.1 | 7,808 | 166 ms | 0.716 |
| 9 | FBDFexternal | 100% | 3.9 | 8,409 | 6.26 s | 0.711 |
| 10 | SciPy LSODASciPy | 100% | 3.4 | 7,278 | 129 ms | 0.700 |
| 11 | SciPy RK23SciPy | 100% | 3.4 | 31,409 | 731 ms | 0.700 |
| 12 | CVODE BDFexternal | 100% | 3.2 | 3,467 | 92 ms | 0.696 |
| 13 | SciPy BDFSciPy | 100% | 3.1 | 5,508 | 307 ms | 0.694 |
| 14 | TRBDF2external | 100% | 0.0 | 7,607 | 7.55 s | 0.620 |
At Clean, best balanced arm is Vern9 · SolvSRK survival 100%, SCD 6.5.
Values are medians across seeds, measured by Resonix Labs on Resonix hardware and not independently verified; nfev and wall are on reference lab hardware (indicative). Under injected noise only SolvSRK and the SciPy arms are run. How we measure accuracy → · Verification status →
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@misc{resonix_evidence_blade_structural_dynamics_flap_lag_torsion_12_state_2026,
title = {Resonix Evidence Portal: Blade Structural Dynamics Flap/Lag/Torsion (12-state)},
author = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://resonixusa.com/evidence/problems/blade-structural-dynamics-flap-lag-torsion-12-state}},
note = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}Related
TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels
Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology
Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified · Verification status