Title
A finite element solution of an added mass formulation for coupled fluid-solid vibrations
Abstract
Summary.   A finite element method to approximate the vibration modes of a structure in contact with an incompressible fluid is analyzed in this paper. The effect of the fluid is taken into account by means of an added mass formulation, which is one of the most usual procedures in engineering practice. Gravity waves on the free surface of the liquid are also considered in the model. Piecewise linear continuous elements are used to discretize the solid displacements, the variables to compute the added mass terms and the vertical displacement of the free surface, yielding a non conforming method for the spectral coupled problem. Error estimates are settled for approximate eigenfunctions and eigenfrequencies. Implementation issues are discussed and numerical experiments are reported. In particular the method is compared with other numerical scheme, based on a pure displacement formulation, which has been recently analyzed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1007/s002110000175
Numerische Mathematik
Keywords
Field
DocType
free surface,piecewise linear,incompressible fluid,finite element method,gravity wave
Discretization,Free surface,Mathematical analysis,Finite element method,Spectral method,Incompressible flow,Numerical analysis,Vertical displacement,Mathematics,Added mass
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
87
2
0029-599X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.80
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alfredo Berm�dez170.80
Rodolfo Rodr�guez271.14
Duarte Santamarina381.51