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Hemanshul Garg1, Pier Giuseppe Ledda2, Jon Skov Pedersen1
1Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, <a href="https://ror.org/01aj84f44">Århus University</a>, Katrinebjergvej 89F, 8200 Århus N, Denmark.
Abstract:
We study the buckling of a clamped beam immersed in a creeping flow within a rectangular channel. Via a combination of precision experiments, simulations, and theoretical modeling, we show how the instability depends on a pressure feedback mechanism and rationalize it in terms of dimensionless parameters. As the beam can bend until touching the wall above a critical flow rate, we finally demonstrate how the system can be used as a tunable passive flow selector, effectively redirecting the flow within a designed hydraulic circuit.
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