Title
Finite element analysis of the vibration problem of a plate coupled with a fluid
Abstract
Summary.   We consider the approximation of the vibration modes of an elastic plate in contact with a compressible fluid. The plate is modelled by Reissner-Mindlin equations while the fluid is described in terms of displacement variables. This formulation leads to a symmetric eigenvalue problem. Reissner-Mindlin equations are discretized by a mixed method, the equations for the fluid with Raviart-Thomas elements and a non conforming coupling is used on the interface. In order to prove that the method is locking free we consider a family of problems, one for each thickness , and introduce appropriate scalings for the physical parameters so that these problems attain a limit when . We prove that spurious eigenvalues do not arise with this discretization and we obtain optimal order error estimates for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors valid uniformly on the thickness parameter t. Finally we present numerical results confirming the good performance of the method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1007/PL00005411
Numerische Mathematik
Keywords
Field
DocType
eigenvalues and eigenvectors,finite element analysis
Existence theorem,Discretization,Mathematical analysis,Finite element method,Fluid dynamics,Plate theory,Normal mode,Compressible flow,Eigenvalues and eigenvectors,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
86
4
0029-599X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.45
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. G. Durán19821.57
L. Hervella-Nieto2295.55
E. Liberman330.45
R. Rodríguez47219.18
J. Solomin530.45