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    Fluid-structure interaction of a two-dimensional membrane in a flow with a pressure gradient with application to convertible car roofs

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    Authors
    Knight, J.
    Lucey, Anthony
    Shaw, C.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Knight, J. J. and Lucey, A. D. and Shaw, C. T. 2010. Fluid-structure interaction of a two-dimensional membrane in a flow with a pressure gradient with application to convertible car roofs. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 98. (2): pp. 65-72.
    Source Title
    Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jweia.2009.09.003
    ISSN
    0167-6105
    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 Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 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 WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS, VOL 98, (2), 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2009.09.003

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35890
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    Abstract

    The flow-induced deformation of a membrane in a flow with a pressure gradient is studied. The investigation focuses on the deformation of aerodynamically loaded convertible car roofs. A computational methodology is developed with a line-elementstructural model that incorporates initial slackness of the flexible roof material. The computed flow-structure interaction yields stable solutions, the flexible roof settling into static equilibrium. The interaction converges to a static deformation within 1% difference in the displacement variable after three iterations between fluid and structural codes. Reasonably accurate predictions, to within 7%, are possible using only a single iteration between the fluid and the structural codes for the model problem studied herein. However, the deformation results are shown to be highly dependent on the physical parameters that are used in the calculation. Accurate representation of initial geometry, material properties and slackness should be found before the predictive benefits of the fluid-structure computations are sought. The iterative methodology overcomplicates the computation of deformation for the relatively small displacements encountered for the model problem studied herein. Such an approach would be better suited to applications with large amplitude displacements such as those encountered in sail design or deployment of a parachute.

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