Flow-Induced Vibration: Structural Response, Vibration Control, and Energy Harvesting

Dear Colleagues,

Flow-induced vibrations are frequently encountered in flexible civil and mechanical structures, e.g., long-span bridges, tall buildings, risers, heat exchanger tubes, etc. These vibrations are often undesirable as they may reduce the fatigue life and raise safety concerns for a lot of structures. Considerable vibration control measures have been developed for these structures to help mitigate excessive flow-induced vibrations. To extend the structural life of these types of structures and reduce the operational cost for a sustainable future, there is a rising need to understand the structural responses due to flow-induced forces in detail and develop more economical vibration control measures. On other occasions, flow-induced vibrations are beneficial, as they can work as a vibration source for the harvesting of renewable wind energy. in turn, the harvested energy can supply energy for active control measures and advance the applications of smart structural health monitoring solutions with wireless sensors that require local energy supplies.

In this context, we are pleased to announce this Special Issue with the general theme of “Flow-Induced Vibration: Structural Response, Vibration Control, and Energy Harvesting”. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Flow-induced vibration;
• Bluff body aerodynamics;
• Vibration control;
• Energy harvesting based on flow-induced vibration;
• Smart structural health monitoring solutions;
• Physical and mathematical modelling of dynamical systems;
• Structural reliability and lifetime cost optimization;
• Wind/water tunnel test;
• Computational fluid dynamics simulation.

We invite researchers and experts to submit original research and review articles that describe the state of the art and further stimulate innovations in the relevant fields.

Dr. Mingjie Zhang
Dr. Guangzhong Gao
Guest Editors

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• flow-induced vibration
• bluff body aerodynamics
• structural dynamics
• vibration control
• energy harvesting
• structural health monitoring
• structural reliability