2. Modeling fluid loading

2.1 Analytical or empirical models

Analytical and empirical models can be used to characterize loading under given conditions, for example :

• when the effect of the fluid is reducible to a scalar (or multi-scalar) value, it is possible to account for the IFS in a model calculating the vibratory response of a structure coupled with it. The inertial effect is due to the presence of an incompressible fluid; initially at rest, it is set in motion by the vibrations of the structure and imposes a force proportional to the local acceleration of the wetted surface. The force characterizing...