When a flame is enclosed in a combustion chamber, it can create violent oscillations in the pressure field. Flames have a natural unsteadiness in their heat release. These temperature fluctuations Keep reading
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Flutter and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Sixty years ago yesterday the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (a.k.a. Galloping Gertie) collapsed as a result of aeroelastic flutter during 42 mph winds. Flutter is a phenomenon in which the Keep reading