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Flexible roof structures, such as membranes, are sensitive to wind action due to their flexibility and light weight. Previously, the effect of added mass on the vibration frequency of membrane structures has been experimentally tested. However, the effect of added mass on wind-induced vibration remains unclear. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of added mass on the wind-induced vibration of a circular flat membrane based on wind tunnel tests. First, wind tunnel tests were conducted to obtain wind pressure distribution from the rigid model and wind-induced vibration from the aeroelastic model of a circular flat membrane. Secondly, a dynamic finite element analysis for the proposed added mass model was conducted to obtain the wind-induced vibration of the membrane structure. Then, with the wind pressure distribution obtained from the rigid model tests, dynamic analysis was conducted either with or without consideration of the effect of added mass. According to the dynamic analysis results and the wind tunnel test results, it is clear that considering the effect of added mass in dynamic analysis can significantly improve the accuracy of a wind-induced response. Such an effect is more significant at the windward than the central zone. The inclusion of added mass can result in a larger displacement response as wind velocity increases but a smaller response as the prestress level increases.

Dynamic vehicle–bridge interaction (VBI) plays a crucial role in the train-induced vibrations of a railway bridge for its coupling effects may reduce the bridge response and down-shift the resonant speed. The commonly used nominal theoretical resonant speed ($=f_{b}D)$ of a typical railway bridge, however, is only related to the bridge frequency ($f_b)$ and car length ($D)$, but it neglects the VBI effects of the moving trains. Such a shifted resonance phenomenon would become significant for a bridge under two trains passing by each other. This study develops a method using an equivalent modal mass to be added onto the bridge to account for the frequency shift due to the presence of multiple train cars for estimation of the shifted resonant speed. The numerical study demonstrates that the proposed method can predict the shifted resonant speed and explain the shifted-resonance phenomenon of railway bridges under train passages.

This paper focuses on the dynamics of a submerged compound pendulum (SCP). The considered pendulum consists of a horizontal cylindrical element at its lowermost portion and a plate between the cylindrical element and the pivot. An approximate analytical expression for the natural frequency of the submerged compound pendulum is proposed. Further, a two-dimensional (2D) numerical model of the pendulum is developed using ANSYS (FLUENT). The natural periods of the SCP are determined for different geometric configurations. The analytically estimated natural periods of the pendulum match well with those obtained from numerical simulation.

This paper studies the characteristics of a micro-beam interacting with an incompressible fluid in a fluid chamber with an opening in its bottom face for fluid flow. The Euler–Bernoulli equation for transverse deformation of an elastic beam is coupled with the fundamental hydrodynamic equation, which is solved by Galerkin and separation of variables method. The 2D fluid flow assumption in Cartesian coordinate has been used. Natural frequencies and mode shapes of wet beam are calculated and compared with the dry beam. The effects of geometrical parameter changes are also computed as a benchmark for the design of the micro-pump. It is observed that fluid coupling causes a decrease for beam’s natural frequencies, especially in higher modes. Furthermore, since the results of the dry and wet beam show a small discrepancy in lower modes, the mode related to the dry beam was employed as the trial function in the forced vibration analysis of the coupled system.

The paper deals with the mathematical modeling of response amplitude operator (RAO) and frequency-based analysis for coupled roll and yaw motions in regular waves. Prior to obtaining the RAO expressions for linearly coupled conditions, hydrodynamic coefficients are computed by using the strip theory formulation. We consider sinusoidal wave with frequency (ω) varying between 0.3 rad/s and 1.2 rad/s acts on beam to the floating body for zero forward speed. Two limiting cases corresponding to ω → 0 and ω → ∞ are considered and general expressions of RAO for intermediate frequencies are derived. Analytical result shows that the norm of RAO is maximum when ω ≈ ω_n ≈ 0.74 for coupled roll and yaw motions. The asymptotic convergence of real part, imaginary part and norm of uncoupled yaw transfer functions are noticed with the increase of wave frequency. Using the normalization procedure and frequency based analysis; group based equations are formulated for each case. To understand the relative importance of the hydrodynamic coefficients, analytical solutions are obtained. The sensitivity analysis with respect to the initial conditions is investigated for roll and yaw motions. This study could be useful to model the floating body dynamics and corresponding wave loads in the design stage.