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TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure: Tacoma.pdf
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, HAER No. WA-99: NarrowsBridge.pdf

 WIND & VORTEX SHEDDING
Karman Vortex Shedding and the Strouhal Number: strouhal.pdf
Charles Dalton, Fundamentals of Vortex Induced Vibration: VIV.pdf

Wind-Induced Vibration of Stay Cables, FHWA-HRT-05-083: 05083.pdf

D. Boggs and J. Dragovich, The Nature of Wind Loads and Dynamic Response: wind240.pdf

Júlíus Sólnes, Wind Loads: ec1BFTC.pdf

AERODYNAMICS

Aerodynamic Lift and Drag Coefficients: Lift.pdf
H. Runyan, Some Recent Information of Aircraft Vibration Due to Aerodynamic Sources: aircraft_aerodynamic.pdf

Launch Vehicle Body-Bending Dynamics & Nozzle Pivot: body_bending_dynamics.pdf

WIND TUNNEL TESTING

Notes on Wind Tunnel Testing: wind_tunnel_notes.pdf

FLUID DYNAMICS
Natural Frequencies of Fluid Systems: water.pdf
Added Mass for a Single-degree-of-freedom System Submerged in a Fluid: added_mass_fluid.pdf
SLOSH

Franklin T. Dodge, The New Dynamic Behavior of Liquids in Moving Containers:
SwRI_SLOSH_Update.pdf


NASA SP-8009 Propellant Slosh Loads:
sp8009.pdf

NASA SP-8031 Slosh Suppresion: sp8031.pdf

NASA TN-D1281, Analytical and Experimental Investigations of Forces and Frequencies
Resulting from Liquid Sloshing in a Spherical Tank, 1962:
NASA_TN-D-1281_Stofan1962.pdf

An Introduction to Slosh:  slosh_intro.pdf

Fluid Slosh Damping: slosh_damping.pdf

Matlab scripts, Natural Frequency Calculation:

slosh_cylinder.m
supporing function: secant_method_sc.m

slosh_rectangular.m

slosh_cone.m

slosh_spherical.m

slosh_annular.m

Matlab scripts, Damping

slosh_damping.m

slosh_damping_ring_baffle.m

See also: Rocket Vehicle Vibration

BUZZ

NASA SP-8003 Flutter, Buzz, and Divergence: sp8003.pdf

N.C. Lambourne, Control Surface Buzz:
CS_Buzz_3364.pdf

Control Surface Buzz: control_surface_buzz2.pdf

PANEL FLUTTER

Linear Piston Theory for Flat Panels & Cylindrical Shells:  piston_theory.pdf

Flat Panel Flutter in Supersonic Flow: panel_flutter.pdf

NASA SP-8004 Panel Flutter: sp8004.pdf

Clark E. Lemley, Design Criteria for the Prediction and Prevention of Panel Flutter—Volume I: Criteria Presentation: Lemley_flutter.pdf

NASA D-1058, Flight Flutter Results for Flat Rectangular Panels, by Kordes and Noll: nasa_d_1058.pdf

Matlab Script for NASA TN D-1058 Method: vsa_panel_flutter.m

Matlab Script for Panel Simply-Supported along all Edges: ss_panel_flutter.m

 FLUTTER & DIVERGENCE

Introduction to Aerodynamic Wing Flutter: flutter.pdf

NASA SP-8003 Flutter, Buzz, and Divergence: sp8003.pdf

Flutter and Oscillating Air-Force Calculations for an Airfoil in a Two-Dimensional Supersonic Flow: naca-report-846.pdf

Overview of Recent Flight Flutter Testing Research at NASA Dryden: H-2165.pdf

Robert Coleman, Damping Formulas and Experimental Values of Damping in Flutter Models: naca-tn-751.pdf

MacDonald, Fin Flutter: finflutr.pdf

Silverberg, Flutter of a Cantilever Wing in a Steady Airflow: cantilever_flutter.pdf

 Software Description

 Executable

 Reynolds Number Calculator
 Reynolds.exe
Newsletters with Wind Related Articles

June_2009
north_korea_seismic.txt
wind_turbine_1.mp3
wind_turbine_2.mp3
North Korean Nuclear Test
Wind Turbine Noise
May 2006
Ku-Band Antenna Dither Vibration
Transmission Line Vibration
 February 2002 
Niigata Earthquake 1964: Soil Liquefaction
The Bay of Fundy Resonance
Lake Geneva Seiche
The Earth’s Natural Frequency

 Futter Videos

 

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The Boeing 747 model is shown subjected to wind tunnel testing. Flutter occurs.


Courtesy of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.

 

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C-5 Tail wind tunnel testing.


Courtesy of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.

 

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Twin Comanche - Actual Flight


Courtesy of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.

Slosh Videos

Swimming pool slosh on the Golden Princess cruise ship, December 21, 2007.
Pool_Slosh_1.AVI
Pool_Slosh_2.AVI
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