Aeroelastic flutter mechanisms of a flexible disk rotating in an enclosed compressible fluid

Namcheol Kang, Arvind Raman

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Abstract

The aeroelastic stability of a thin, flexible disk rotating in an enclosed compressible fluid is investigated analytically through a discretization of the field equations of a rotating Kirchhoff plate coupled to the acoustic oscillations of the surrounding fluid. The discretization procedure exploits Green's theorem and exposes two different gyroscopic effects underpinning the coupled system dynamics: One describes the gyroscopic coupling between the disk and acoustic oscillations, and another arises from the disk rotation. The discretized dynamical system is cast in the compact form of a classical gyroscopic system and acoustic and disk mode coupling rules are derived. For the undamped system, coupled structure-acoustic traveling waves can destabilize through mode coalescence leading to flutter instability. A detailed investigation of the effects of dissipation arising from acoustic and disk damping predicts previously unknown instability mechanisms for this system. The results are expected to be relevant for the design of high speed, low vibration, low-noise hard disk drives, and optical data storage systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-130
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME
Volume71
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2004

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