A recently developed numerical method for flows with moving boundaries is used for simulating the flow-induced vibration of cylinders. The key feature of the numerical method is that it allows us to simulate flows with moving boundaries on stationary Cartesian grids. The key features of the method are described. The method is used to simulate (a) transverse flow-induced vibration of a cylinder ...

The vibration problems of uniform and nonuniform Euler-Bernoulli beams have been solved analytically or approximately [1-5] for various end conditions. In order to calculate fundamental natural frequencies and related mode shapes, well known variational techniques such as Rayleigh_Ritz and Galerkin methods have been applied in the past. Besides these techniques, some discretized numerical metho...

The generalized integral transform technique (GITT) is employed to obtain a hybrid analyt-ical–numerical solution for dynamic response of clamped axially moving beams. The use of the GITT approach in the analysis of the transverse vibration equation leads to a coupled system of second order differential equations in the dimensionless temporal variable. The resulting transformed ODE system is th...

Predicting and mitigating unwanted vibration of drillstrings is an important subject for oil drilling companies. Uncontrolled vibrations cause premature failure of the drillstring and associated components. The drillstring is a long slender structure that vibrates in three primary coupled modes: torsional, axial and transverse. Among these coupled modes, the transverse mode is the major cause o...

The quintic B-spline collocation method is developed to solve the fourth-order parabolic partial differential equation. This kind of problem arises in the field of transverse vibration of the uniform flexible beam. Stability analysis of the method has also been proven. Two examples have been considered to illustrate the efficiency of the method developed. It has been observed that the numerical...