Wind Excited Vibration of Square Section Beam and Suspended Cable

Abstract

The self-excited oscillation of a square section vertical cantilever beam and a square section sagging suspended cable in a uniform wind stream was investigated theoretically and experimentallly. Experimental quasi-static representation of aerodynamic forces was used to determine the responses theoretically. The excitation is due to negative damping type aerodynamic forces and the amplitude is limited as the forces become nonlinear. The governing equations were reduced to ordinary differential equations by Galerkin's method and steady state solutions were determined by harmonic balance technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750550

Entities

People

  • Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Aerodynamic Lift
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Steady State
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vibration
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Structural Dynamics.