Experimental investigation of the aeroelastic instability of bluff two-dimensional cylinders

Aerodynamically bluff elastic structures such as suspension bridges and industrial smokestacks have been observed to vibrate violently in the presence of a low speed wind. Although a number of theories such as Den Hartog's quasi-steady instability criterion and the vortex resonance theory have...

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Main Author: Brooks, Peter Noel Hamilton
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39542