This paper numerically and analytically studies the onset of instability of a flag in uniform flow. The three-dimensional （3D） simulation is performed by using an immersed-boundary method coupled with a nonlinear fi...This paper numerically and analytically studies the onset of instability of a flag in uniform flow. The three-dimensional （3D） simulation is performed by using an immersed-boundary method coupled with a nonlinear finite element method. The global stability, bistability and instability are identified in the 3D simulations. The Squire＇s theorem is extended to analyze the stability of the fluid-flag system with 3D initial perturbations. It is found that if a parallel flow around the flag admits an unstable 3D disturbance for a certain value of the flutter speed, then a two-dimensional （2D） disturbance at a lower flutter speed is also adnfitted. In addition, the growth rate of 2D disturbance is larger than that of the 3D disturbance.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10832010)the Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX2-YW-L05)the United States National Science Foundation(CBET-0954381)
文摘This paper numerically and analytically studies the onset of instability of a flag in uniform flow. The three-dimensional （3D） simulation is performed by using an immersed-boundary method coupled with a nonlinear finite element method. The global stability, bistability and instability are identified in the 3D simulations. The Squire＇s theorem is extended to analyze the stability of the fluid-flag system with 3D initial perturbations. It is found that if a parallel flow around the flag admits an unstable 3D disturbance for a certain value of the flutter speed, then a two-dimensional （2D） disturbance at a lower flutter speed is also adnfitted. In addition, the growth rate of 2D disturbance is larger than that of the 3D disturbance.
