Flutter instability prediction techniques for bridge deck sections

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1239-1256

  Robertson, I ^a   Sherwin, S J ^a   Bearman, P W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridge deck; CFD; Fluid structure interaction; Flutter; H p spectral elements; Instability

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTATION; WIND EFFECTS;

LINEAR POTENTIAL MODEL;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUTTER; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0345581270     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.535     Document Type: Article

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