SUMMARYA computational method to perform transonic aeroelastic and aeroservoelastic calculations in the time domain is presented, and used to predict stability ( utter) boundaries of 2-D wing sections. The aerodynamic model is a cell-centred ÿnite-volume unsteady Euler solver, which uses an e cient implicit time-stepping scheme and structured moving grids. The aerodynamic equations are coupled with the structural equations of motion, which are derived from a typical wing section model. A control law is implemented within the aeroelastic solver to investigate active means of utter suppression via control surface motion. Comparisons of open-and closed-loop calculations show that the control law can successfully suppress the utter and results in an increase of up to 19 per cent in the allowable speed index. The e ect of structural non-linearity, in the form of hinge axis backlash is also investigated. The e ect is found to be strongly destabilizing, but the control law is shown to still alleviate the destabilizing e ect.