The Clapping Book:Wind-Driven Oscillations in a Stack of Elastic Sheets

We present a hybrid experimental and theoretical study on the oscillatory behavior exhibited by multiple thin sheets under aerodynamic loading. Our clapping book consists of a stack of paper, clamped at the downstream end and placed in a wind tunnel with steady flow. As pages lift off, they accumula...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reis, Pedro Miguel, Buchak, Peter M., Eloy, C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60311
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-828X