Nonlinear vibrations of an elastic disk rotating in a viscous fluid

Summary The von Kármán equations are extended to the dynamic case and to manifest the effects of the viscosity of fluid in which the motion takes place. The hydrodynamic aspect of the problem is analyzed and the flow pattern based on the von Kármán solution derived. The system of two nonlinear coupled differential equations is solved for weakened boundary conditions using the Galerkin procedure. A numerical example given for the mode of two nodal diameters and no nodal circles shows that: (a) the period of linear vibrations, T, is markedly increased by the presence of the viscous fluid; (b) the ratio T ^*/T(T ^* = period of nonlinear vibrations) decreases with an increasing amplitude, increases with an increasing speed of rotation, and increases with conversion to vacuum.

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Nichtlineare Schwingungen einer in einer viskosen Flüssigkeit rotierenden, elastischen Scheibe

Übersicht Die von Kármánschen Gleichungen werden auf den dynamischen Fall erweitert, und der Einfluß der Viskosität der Flüssigkeit, in der die Scheibe rotiert, wird in die Untersuchung einbezogen. Dabei werden sowohl der hydrodynamische als auch der elastodynamische Aspekt des Problems behandelt. Das System von zwei nichtlinearen, gekoppelten Differentialgleichungen wird mit Hilfe des Verfahrens von Galerkin für abgeschwächte Randbedingungen gelöst.Ein numerisches Beispiel für zwei Knotendurchmesser und keine Knotenkreise zeigt: a) die Schwingungsdauer T der linearen Schwingungen wird durch die viskose Flüssigkeit beträchtlich erhöht; b) das Verhältnis T ^*/T (T ^* = Periode der nichtlinearen Schwingungen) nimmt mit wachsender Amplitude ab, wächst mit steigender Drehzahl und wächst beim Übergang zu Vakuum.

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This work was partially supported by the University of Delaware     

Wave drag of an ellipsoid of revolution rapidly moving in a horizontal direction in a uniformly stratified fluid

The problem of the wave drag of ellipsoids moving in a uniformly stratified ideal fluid is considered by means of modeling the bodies by surface distributions of mass sources. Analytical results are obtained using the distributions known from the theory of a uniform fluid, which make it possible to describe the emission of internal waves by rapidly moving ellipsoids of revolution (spheroids) in the limit of large Froude numbers. An asymptotically simplified form of the dependence of the wave drag on the Froude number and the spheroid axis ratio is found. In the particular case of a sphere, the result confirmed earlier by Greenslade by making comparisons with a numerical calculation and experimental data is obtained.     

Small vibrations of a sphere in a spherical volume of viscous fluid

Problems of the vibration of bodies in confined viscous fluids have been solved to determine the added masses and damping coefficients of rods [1–3] and floats [4–5]. The solutions of these problems, based on the use of simplifications of the boundary-layer method [4–6], are obtained analytically in general form and are in good agreement with the experimental data. However, in each specific case the possibility of using such solutions for given values of the fluid viscosity and vibration frequency must be justified either experimentally [2, 4, 5] or theoretically as, for example, in [1], where an analytic solution was obtained for concentric cylinders. The present paper offers a general solution of the problem of the small vibrations of a sphere in a spherical volume of fluid valid over a broad range of variation of the dimensionless kinematic viscosity. The limiting cases of this solution for both high and low viscosity are considered. The asymptotic expressions obtained are compared with calculations based on the analytic solution.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 29–34, March–April, 1986.     

Streamwise vibrations of a plate in a viscous fluid flow in a channel,induced by forced transverse vibrations of the plate

Aeroelastic vibrations of a plate aligned at a zero angle of attack in a viscous incompressible fluid flow in a channel with parallel walls are considered within the framework of a plane model. Forced vibrations of the plate in the transverse direction give rise an unsteady component of the flow friction force, induced by the perturbation of the fluid flow velocity by the vibrating plate. Under the assumption of the laminar character of the fluid flow, it is demonstrated that this force can excite streamwise vibrations of the plate if the channel width is small as compared with the plate length; these streamwise vibrations have the same order as the transverse vibrations of the plate excited by external forces.     

Flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a thin layer confined by a rigid free surface

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 117–125, January–February, 1989.     

On modelling and linear vibrations of arbitrarily sagged inclined cables in a quiescent viscous fluid

A theory of free linear vibrations of arbitrarily sagged inclined cables in a viscous fluid is presented in the framework of the heavy fluid loading concept. The static equilibrium shape of the cable is found by using the model of inextensible catenary and the validity ranges of this approximation are assessed. The dynamics of the viscous fluid is described by the linearised Navier–Stokes equations and their solution is pursued analytically by formulating the fluid field variables via potential functions. The vibration problem of a submerged cable is solved by Galerkin's method and the modal added mass and modal viscous damping coefficients are calculated. As a prerequisite for this analysis, the free vibrations of a cable in vacuum are addressed and a very good agreement with known results is observed. The physical interpretation of the dependence of modal added mass and modal damping coefficients on the ‘design variables’ for a fluid-loaded cable is given and the possible extensions of the suggested theory to capture weakly nonlinear effects are highlighted.     

On wave propagation in thermoelastic solids whose polarization quadric is an ellipsoid of revolution

Summary The propagation of plane waves of first and second order is considered for a thermoelastic solid characterized by Tolotti's isothermal potential. The variation of their amplitude in the time is also studied. In particular, thermodynamic influences on the behavior of the first order waves as well as the case when these plane waves are material surfaces are examined.

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Sommario Si studia la propagazione di un'onda piana sia del primo che del secondo ordine in solidi termoelastici comprimibili assumendo il potenziale isotermo proposto da C. Tolotti. Si determina inoltre la variazione nel tempo dell'ampiezza delle onde. In particolare per l'onda del primo ordine si esaminano le influenze termodinamiche sul fenomeno e si considera la possibilità che la superficie di discontinuità sia materiale.

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Work performed under the auspices of: Gruppo Nazionale perla Fisica Matematica del CNR presso l'Istituto di Matematiche Applicate U. Dini della Facoltà di Ingegneria dell'Università di Pisa.     

Settling of an axially symmetric body in a viscous stratified fluid

The uniform, upwards flow of a continously vertically stratified fluid past an axially symmetric body is considered. The fluid is assumed to be Newtonian, incompressible, and diffusive. A matched asymptotic expansion procedure is used to calculate a correction to Stokes drag on the body. The results are valid provided that l, Re ^1/3, Fr^{2 −1/3}, Pe ^2/3, where is a stratification parameter. The results are applied to determine the quasi-steady motion of a body settling in a vertically stratified fluid.     

Waves in a viscous layer of fluid on an elastic half-space

Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 3–7, April, 1990.