@article{9c98f37e96834a2581433c10495a2f1b,
title = "Low frequency and large amplitude oscillations of cantilevers in viscous fluids",
abstract = "We study nonlinear vibrations of cantilever beams oscillating in viscous fluids. A handleable expression for the inertial and damping loads due to the encompassing fluid is proposed. We expand on the canonical viscous diffusion theory by incorporating vortex shedding effects at large oscillation amplitudes. Comparison with experimental results on underwater low frequency and large amplitude oscillations of cantilevers is reported. The approach is applicable to the analysis of ionic polymer metal composites vibrating underwater.",
author = "Matteo Aureli and Maurizio Porfiri",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. CMMI-0745753 and CMMI-0926791 and by the Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-07-1-0419. The authors acknowledge Mr. K. Abdelnour, Mr. V. Kopman, and Ms. C. Prince for their help with the experiments and Dr. S. D. Peterson and Dr. G. Vradis for useful discussions. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewer for his/her careful reading of the manuscript and for giving useful suggestions that have helped improve the work and its presentation.",
year = "2010",
month = apr,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1063/1.3405720",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "96",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "16",
}