Two-dimensional problem of periodic loading of an elastic plate floating on the surface of an infinitely deep fluid

The action of external periodic pressure on an elastic plate floating on the surface of a fluid assumed to be ideal and incompressible is examined by the method of normal modes in the linear formulation. The behavior of the matrix of coefficients of the hydrodynamic load on the plate is considered in detail for different frequencies. The behavior of the plate under localized periodic loading is compared for the cases of a heavy fluid with a finite or infinite depth and for a weightless infinite-depth fluid. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 61–72, May–June, 2005.     

Diffraction of plane waves by an infinitely long elastic rod floating on the surface of a liquid

The interaction of plane waves coming from infinity with an infinitely long elastic rod floating on the surface of a liquid is considered. The liquid is assumed to be ideal and have infinite depth. It is assumed that the rod cannot become separated from the liquid. The parameters of the waves that pass through the rod and are reflected from it are determined, and the force factors in the transverse sections of the rod are found.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 62–67, September–October, 1980.     

Parametric excitation of flexural-gravity edge waves in the fluid beneath an elastic ice sheet with a crack

The properties of elastic-gravity oscillations of deep water beneath a thin elastic plate with a crack are investigated in the paper. The dependence of the reflection and transition coefficients of the waves through the crack on wave frequency and incident angle are found. The shape of the fluid surface deformed by edge waves, propagating along the crack and decreasing exponentially away from the crack, is investigated in the vicinity of the crack. The asymptotic equations describing the parametric excitation of counterpropagating edge waves by flexural-gravity waves which hit the crack at normal incidence are derived.     

Hydroelastic vibrations of a beam floating on the surface of an incompressible liquid

The article considers the problem of determining the forms and the frequencies of the free vibrations of a floating beam of elliptical cross section, on the basis of simultaneous solution of the equations of mechanical bending vibrations and the equations of hydrodynamics. The difference between the forms of the vibrations of a beam in a liquid and in a void is evaluated.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 128–132, January–February, 1973.     

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     

Low-frequency wave propagation in an elastic plate floating on a two-layered fluid

For some technical applications related to the ice–sea interaction, it is necessary to predict waveguide properties of elastic plates floating on a relatively thin layer of water, which has a non-uniform density distribution across its depth. The issue of particular concern is propagation of low-frequency waves in such a coupled waveguide. In the present paper, a stratified fluid is modelled as two homogeneous, inviscid and incompressible layers with slightly different densities. The lighter layer of fresh water lies on top of the heavier layer of salty water. The former one produces fluid loading at the pre-stressed plate, whereas the latter one is bounded by the sea bottom. The classical asymptotic methods are employed to identify significant regimes of wave motion in such a three-component waveguide. Dispersion diagrams obtained from approximate dispersion relations are compared with their exact counterparts. The phenomena of veering and generation of waves with zero group velocity induced by pre-stress are identified and quantified.     

Propagation of long nonlinear waves in a ponderable fluid beneath an ice sheet

In Sec. 1 the stability of small-amplitude steady-state periodic solutions of Eq. (0.1) in the neighborhood of k=k_n are investigated. The results of the investigations are consistent with those of [1]. In Sec. 2 the stability of periodic waves not lying in the neighborhood of resonance is considered. It is shown that in the region of instability when =1 steady-state solutions of the soliton type with oscillatory structure may exist. In Sec. 3 the properties of certain exact solutions — periodic waves and solitons — are studied in relation to the nature of the singular points of the dynamical system derived from (0.1). In Sec. 4 the evolution of rapidly decreasing Cauchy data is considered.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 88–95, January–February, 1989.     

Behavior of a floating elastic plate during vibrations of a bottom segment

The Wiener-Hopf technique is used to obtain an analytical solution for the problem of vibrations of a floating semi-infinite elastic plate due to earthquake-induced vibrations of a bottom segment. An explicit solution is obtained ignoring the inertial term. The surface-wave amplitudes and ice-plate deflection are studied numerically as functions of the frequency and position of the vibrating bottom segment, ice thickness, and fluid depth.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 98–108, March–April, 2005.     

Superposition of low-amplitude shear vibrations on steady shear flow of an elastic fluid

The previously proposed theory of viscoelastic behavior of polymer fluids is compared with experiments on the superposition of low-amplitude shear vibrations on a steady flow. It is shown that the theory agrees satisfactorily with experiments on a single polymer solution. The superposition of a steady shear flow and low-amplitude vibrations can be used to investigate some nonlinear effects characteristic of elastic fluids by relatively simple methods. The literature devoted to this question is fairly extensive; we cite only investigations in which the main results have been obtained [1–3]. The most common experimental scheme is one-dimensional (parallel superposition), although there is also a two-dimensional scheme of orthogonal superposition of shear vibrations on steady flows. Since almost all the effects in the second scheme are qualitatively similar to the first [3], but are not so clearly manifested, we give the theoretical and experimental results relating to the parallel scheme in this paper.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 3–7, January–February, 1976.We are grateful to É. Kh. Lipkina for help in the calculations.     

Finite-amplitude waves in a homogeneous fluid with a floating elastic plate

Equations for three nonlinear approximations of a wave perturbation in a homogeneous ideal incompressible fluid covered by a thin elastic plate are obtained using the method of multiple scales and taking into account that the acceleration of vertical flexural displacements of the plate is nonlinear. Based on the obtained equations, asymptotic expansions up third-order terms are constructed for the fluid velocity potential and the perturbations of the plate-fluid interface (plate bending) caused by a traveling periodic wave of finite amplitude. The wave characteristics are analyzed as functions of the elastic modulus and thickness of the plate and the length and tilt of the initial fundamental harmonic wave.     

Equation of small transverse vibrations of an elastic pipeline filled with a transported fluid

The integro-differential equation of small transverse vibrations of a rectilinear elastic pipeline filled with a transported fluid is obtained. The pipeline vibrations are described in the linear setting in the beam approximation. The mutual dynamic influence of motions of the pipeline and the filling fluid is taken into account. A complete trigonometric series method is presented for solving problems with various boundary and initial conditions for the pipeline deflection.