Controlling Flow-Induced Vibrations with Novel 3D-Printed Devices

Continuous flexible systems such as aircraft wings, pipelines, risers, bridges, power towers, and transmission lines are always subjected to unwanted vibrations induced by unsteady wind loading. The typical engineering solution is to add a tuned-mass
damper to these structures. This typically works in removing the unwanted resonance, but it creates new problems as it adds two new natural frequencies. Here, we seek to develop a new class of dampers without a natural frequency, making them useful at damping vibrations over a broad spectrum of frequencies.

Faculty Supervisor:

Frederick Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

Universität Stuttgart

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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