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GALLOPING OF AN ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED BLUFF BODY IN TURBULENT FLOW

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Date Issued:
1987
Summary:
The phenomenon of flow-induced vibration is found in many engineering systems. The fluid flow generates forces on the structure that cause motion of the structure. In turn, the structural motion changes the angle of attack between the flow and the structure, hence the forces on the structure. Furthermore, turbulence generally exists in a natural fluid flow; namely, the fluid velocity contains a random part. Thus, the problem is formulated as a nonlinear system under random excitations. This thesis is focused on one type of motion known as galloping. A mathematical model for the motion of an elastically supported square cylinder in turbulent flow is developed. The physical nonlinear equation is converted to ideal stochastic differential equations of the Ito type using the stochastic averaging method. The probability density for the motion amplitude and the values for the most probable amplitudes are obtained for various mean flow velocities and turbulence levels.
Title: GALLOPING OF AN ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED BLUFF BODY IN TURBULENT FLOW.
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Name(s): Li, Qiang
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Lin, Y. K., Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1987
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 69 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The phenomenon of flow-induced vibration is found in many engineering systems. The fluid flow generates forces on the structure that cause motion of the structure. In turn, the structural motion changes the angle of attack between the flow and the structure, hence the forces on the structure. Furthermore, turbulence generally exists in a natural fluid flow; namely, the fluid velocity contains a random part. Thus, the problem is formulated as a nonlinear system under random excitations. This thesis is focused on one type of motion known as galloping. A mathematical model for the motion of an elastically supported square cylinder in turbulent flow is developed. The physical nonlinear equation is converted to ideal stochastic differential equations of the Ito type using the stochastic averaging method. The probability density for the motion amplitude and the values for the most probable amplitudes are obtained for various mean flow velocities and turbulence levels.
Identifier: 14361 (digitool), FADT14361 (IID), fau:11164 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.
Subject(s): Random vibration--Mathematical models
Turbulence
Fluid dynamics
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