Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow

We present a new model of the nonlinear fluid-structure interaction of a cantilevered flexible plate with an ideal flow that can account for the effect of boundary-layer separation from the plate surface upstream of its trailing edge. Short plates are studied herein for which the behaviour is domina...

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Main Authors: Evetts, Reilly Owen George, Howell, Richard, Lucey, Anthony
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6855
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description We present a new model of the nonlinear fluid-structure interaction of a cantilevered flexible plate with an ideal flow that can account for the effect of boundary-layer separation from the plate surface upstream of its trailing edge. Short plates are studied herein for which the behaviour is dominated by low-order structural modes. When the wake is forced to form from the trailing edge the typical sequence of amplitude growth to nonlinearly saturated oscillations at flow speeds above that of the onset of linear instability is found. However, if separation is included the system evidences the same sequence at a flow speed for which the system is neutrally stable to linear disturbances. This suggests that flow separation may be the cause of the sub-critical instability found in experimental studies of the system.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-68552017-01-30T10:56:03Z Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow Evetts, Reilly Owen George Howell, Richard Lucey, Anthony We present a new model of the nonlinear fluid-structure interaction of a cantilevered flexible plate with an ideal flow that can account for the effect of boundary-layer separation from the plate surface upstream of its trailing edge. Short plates are studied herein for which the behaviour is dominated by low-order structural modes. When the wake is forced to form from the trailing edge the typical sequence of amplitude growth to nonlinearly saturated oscillations at flow speeds above that of the onset of linear instability is found. However, if separation is included the system evidences the same sequence at a flow speed for which the system is neutrally stable to linear disturbances. This suggests that flow separation may be the cause of the sub-critical instability found in experimental studies of the system. 2016 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6855 Springer restricted
spellingShingle Evetts, Reilly Owen George
Howell, Richard
Lucey, Anthony
Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title_full Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title_fullStr Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title_full_unstemmed Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title_short Modelling of a Cantilevered Flexible Plate Undergoing Large-Amplitude Oscillations Due to a High Reynolds-Number Axial Flow
title_sort modelling of a cantilevered flexible plate undergoing large-amplitude oscillations due to a high reynolds-number axial flow
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6855