Fluid structure interactions of air-backed structures with a denser fluid are a complex phenomenon, which is found in ship hulls, airplane fuselages, air capsules, pipes containing or immersed in a fluid, and heat exchangers. The new work “Modeling added mass effects on the vibrations of air-backed, pre-deformed membranes” by our collaborator Dr. Pasquale di Trolio, our Ph.D. student, Alain Boldini, and led by Prof. Maurizio Porfiri explores the role of pre-deformation on fluid structure interactions of air-backed membranes.
Read the full paper published in Journal of Sound and Vibration here.
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