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Vibration Analysis of Fluid-Solid Systems Using A Finite Element Displacement Formulation

Chen, Harn-Ching; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SEMM-1988/17, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-09-01, 33 pages

Presents a finite element solution for vibration interaction between an inviscid fluid and a solid. The equation of motion governing the inviscid fluid is expressed in terms of displacements. Numerical examples for both fluid and coupled fluid-solid systems are performed and results are shown.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-88-17.pdf (5 MB)