Experimental Study of Fluid Structure Interaction Effects on Metal Plates Under Fully Developed Laminar Flow

Abstract

The development of a reference test case with repeatable and accurate results is of paramount importance for the validation of numerical Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) models and simulations. In this study, a new experimental facility was designed and constructed for the investigation of FSI between fully developed laminar flow and test section plate in an enclosed flow channel. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software was used to model laminar flow in a shallow rectangular duct to determine proper dimensions of the experimental apparatus. The FSI problem was then modeled in CFD using the predetermined dimensions. The experimental set up included construction of the duct, creation of a closed flow circuit and its instrumentation. The metal test plate was fitted with gages to gather real-time information on the strain levels during the experiment. Subsequently, the experiment was performed and the results were compared with the FSI modeling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556634

Entities

People

  • Chee Chew Wong

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Modeling
  • Computational Science
  • Construction
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dynamics
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Honeycomb Structures
  • Instrumentation
  • Laminar Flow
  • Mechanics
  • Metal Plates
  • Modulus Of Elasticity

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.