Fluid-Structure Interactions

Michael Païdoussis is the Thomas Workman Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University and a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM). He is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Fluids and Structures, as of 1986. He has won the ASME Fluids Engineering Award in 1999 and the CANCAM prize in 1995. His principal research interests are in fluid-structure interactions, flow-induced vibrations, aero- and hydroelasticity, dynamics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, all areas in which he is recognized as a leading expert.

Preface. Introduction. Concepts, Definitions and Methods. Pipes Conveying Fluid: Linear Dynamics I. Pipes Conveying Fluid: Linear Dynamics II. Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics. Curved Pipes Conveying Fluid. First-Principles Derivation of Equation of Motion. Analytical Evaluation of h2r, c2, and d3r. Destabilization by Damping. Experimental Methods for Elastomer Pipes. Timoshenko Equations and Associated Analysis. Basics of Nonlinear Dynamics. Newtonian Derivation of Nonlinear Equations. Nonlinear Analysis of a Pipe Conveying Fluid. Fractal Dimension. Derivations for Equations in Chapter 6. Matrices for an Extensible Curved Pipe. Subject Index.