Energy and Momentum Transfer to a Clamped Elastic Plate in an Air-Blast

Abstract:

The momentum transfer by a planar wave impinging upon a rigid, free-standing plate in water, a largely incompressible medium, is well understood [1]. Kambouchev et al. [2] extended the results of Taylor [1] to include the nonlinear effects of compressibility whilst Hutchinson [3] has recently addressed the issues of energy and momentum transfer to a rigid, free-standing plate. In this paper, key conclusions from the aforementioned studies are critically re-examined in the context of a `fully-clamped' elastic plate. The dynamic response of an elastic plate is represented by an equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system. A numerical method based on a Lagrangian formulation of the Euler equations of compressible flow and conventional shock-capturing techniques, similar to that employed in [2, 3], were employed to solve numerically the interaction between the air blast wave and elastic plate. Particular emphasis is placed on elucidating the energy and momentum transfer to a `fully-clamped' elastic plate compared to its rigid, free-standing counterpart, and on whether enhancement in the beneficial effects of FSI as a result of fluid compressibility remains and to what extent.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 566)
• Pages: 262-267
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.566.262
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Ye. Yuan*, P.J. Tan
• Keywords: Air Blast, Energy Transfer, Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), Momentum Transfer, SDOF Model, Shock

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