HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE FOR EXTERNAL VISCOUS FLUID–STRUCTURE INTERACTION

• Published in: Journal of sound and vibration Vol. 238; no. 1; pp. 113 - 145
• Main Authors: BENAROYA, H., WEI, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 16.11.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Computational methods in fluid dynamics; Exact sciences and technology; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Physics; Fluid-structure interactions; Equations of motion; Experimental study; Dynamics; External flows; Analytical method; Variational principle; Variational calculus; Fluid models; Hamiltonian mechanics; Modelling; Viscous fluids; Hamilton principle

Hamilton's principle is extended so as to be able to model external flow–structure interaction. This is accomplished by using Reynold's Transport theorem. In this form Hamilton's principle is hybrid in the sense that it has an analytical part as well as a part that depends on experime...