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    Stability of a flexible insert in one wall of an inviscid channel flow

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    Authors
    Burke, Meagan Alison
    Lucey, A.
    Howell, Richard
    Elliott, Novak
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Burke, M.A. and Lucey, A. and Howell, R. and Elliott, N. 2014. Stability of a flexible insert in one wall of an inviscid channel flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 48: pp. 435-450.
    Source Title
    Journal of Fluids and Structures
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2014.03.012
    ISSN
    0889-9746
    School
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
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    NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Fluids and Structures. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 48 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2014.03.012

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17019
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    Abstract

    A hybrid of computational and theoretical methods is extended and used to investigate the instabilities of a flexible surface inserted into one wall of an otherwise rigid channel conveying an inviscid flow. The computational aspects of the modelling combine finite-difference and boundary-element methods for structural and fluid elements respectively. The resulting equations are coupled in state-space form to yield an eigenvalue problem for the fluid–structure system. In tandem, the governing equations are solved to yield an analytical solution applicable to inserts of infinite length as an approximation for modes of deformation that are very much shorter than the overall length of the insert. A comprehensive investigation of different types of inserts – elastic plate, damped flexible plate, tensioned membrane and spring-backed flexible plate – is conducted and the effect of the proximity of the upper channel wall on stability characteristics is quantified. Results show that the presence of the upper-channel wall does not significantly modify the solution morphology that characterises the corresponding open-flow configuration, i.e. in the absence of the rigid upper channel wall. However, decreasing the channel height is shown to have a very significant effect on instability-onset flow speeds and flutter frequencies, both of which are reduced. The channel height above which channel-confinement effects are negligible is shown to be of the order of the wavelength of the critical mode at instability onset. For spring-backed flexible plates the wavelength of the critical mode is much shorter than the insert length and we show very good agreement between the predictions of the analytical and the state-space solutions developed in this paper. The small discrepancies that do exist are shown to be caused by an amplitude modulation of the critical mode on an insert of finite length that is unaccounted for in the travelling-wave assumption of the analytical model. Overall, the key contribution of this paper is the quantification of the stability bounds of a fundamental fluid–structure interaction (FSI) system which has hitherto remained largely unexplored.

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