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An inviscid theory for sliding flexible sheets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

E. O. Tuck
E. O. Tuck
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, Adelaide, South Australia 5001
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Abstract

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This paper demonstrates feasibility of aerodynamically-supported motion of a thin sheet near to a plane wall. Steady equilibrium is possible for uniform sheets only if they are deformable, and a set of possible equilibrium shapes is determined.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , April 1982 , pp. 403 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

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