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TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure: Tacoma.pdf
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, HAER No. WA-99: NarrowsBridge.pdf
 WIND ENGINEERING, FLUID DYNAMICS, AND AEROELASTICITY
Natural Frequencies of Fluid Systems: water.pdf
Added Mass for a Single-degree-of-freedom System Submerged in a Fluid: added_mass_fluid.pdf
Karman Vortex Shedding and the Strouhal Number: strouhal.pdf
Charles Dalton, Fundamentals of Vortex Induced Vibration: VIV.pdf
Aerodynamic Lift and Drag Coefficients: Lift.pdf
 FLUTTER
Introduction to Aerodynamic Wing Flutter: flutter.pdf

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

NASA SP-8004 Panel Flutter: sp8004.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

 Software Description

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 Reynolds Number Calculator
 Reynolds.exe

Newsletters with Wind Related Articles

May 2006
Ku-Band Antenna Dither Vibration
Transmission Line Vibration

 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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