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Resonances in pulsatile channel flow with an elastic wall

Fluid Dynamics 2021-01-15 v2

Abstract

Interactions between fluids and elastic solids are ubiquitous in application ranging from aeronautical and civil engineering to physiological flows. Here we study the pulsatile flow through a two-dimensional Starling resistor as a simple model for unsteady flow in elastic vessels. We numerically solve the equations governing the flow and the large-displacement elasticity and show that the system responds as a forced harmonic oscillator with non-conventional damping. We derive an analytical prediction for the amplitude of the oscillatory wall deformation, and thus the conditions under which resonances occur or vanish.

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@article{arxiv.2006.13695,
  title  = {Resonances in pulsatile channel flow with an elastic wall},
  author = {Duo Xu and Matthias Heil and Thomas Seeböck and Marc Avila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.13695},
  year   = {2021}
}
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