Can you imagine a mechanical system that is stable without friction, but suffers a flutter instability when friction is 'added'?

Have you ever seen a structure subject to flutter instability?

Can flutter instability be connected to dry friction?

We provide positive answers to the above questions, watch the video at

http://www.ing.unitn.it/~bigoni/flutter.html

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