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Among the different aeroelastic phenomena, flutter has been extensively studied over several decades, being responsible for many catastrophic accidents in aeronautical and civil structures. Recently, the scientific community has envisaged the possibility of using this destructive phenomenon as an alternative source for electric energy generation. From an energetic point of view, one way to exploit this aeroelastic mechanism is to consider flexible structures integrated with piezoelectric layers thus allowing the transformation of self-sustained mechanical vibrations (induced during a critical or post-critical flutter scenario) into an electrical charge (through the direct piezoelectric effect).