Vibration of a Group of Circular Cylinders in a Confined Fluid

Abstract

This paper presents an analytical method for evaluating the hydrodynamic masses of a group of circular cylinders immersed in a fluid contained in a cylinder. The analysis is based on the two-dimensional potential flow theory. The fluid coupling effect among cylinders is taken into account; self and mutual-added masses for both inner and outer cylinders are evaluated. Based on the proposed method, the free vibration of two eccentric cylinders with a fluid-filled gap is analyzed as an example.