Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7176061 Journal of Fluids and Structures 2014 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this paper, first, some pertinent studies are reviewed, undertaken to extend Hamilton׳s principle or Lagrange׳s equations to open systems, and continua including so-called non-material volumes; then, the corresponding mathematical formulations are reproduced and discussed using a uniform nomenclature. A typical flexible pipe conveying fluid system is considered next, and it is shown that the expression given by McIver for Hamilton׳s principle remains valid even in the presence of non-material volumes; the extra term due to the flux of kinetic energy through the control surface in the expression obtained by Casetta and Pesce vanishes.
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