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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14px"><font face="HelveticaNeue">The <b>MECHS Subcommittee on
RTHS in Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Applications</b> has
generated a report on the wide range of applications in FSI where RTHS
is playing a role. In the past, RTHS has been mainly used in
earthquake-related studies. Recently, there have been several
calls to expand the development of RTHS to also encompass
Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) engineering applications. FSI research
areas include, among others, wind-structure interaction (e.g.
aero-dynamic behavior), wind-induced vibrations (e.g. aero-elastic
behavior) of slender structures, active wave absorption, advanced
control for marine renewable energy (energy harvesting), behavior of
marine structures (e.g. floating wind turbines, etc), and tsunami
loading on structures. </font></span></span>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14px"><font face="HelveticaNeue">A committee RTHS for FSI application has been established within the MECHS community, led by Prof. Amal </font></span><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14px">Elawady
at Florida International University</span></font><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:HelveticaNeue">.
The committee brings together various expertise from FSI and RTHS
fields in an attempt to expand HS/RTHS capabilities to the application
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FSI engineering fields. </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14px"><font face="HelveticaNeue">Please find the newly released report on the MECHS page in DesignSafe-CI at: </font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:helveticaneue;font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(32,31,30);background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">Regards,</span></div>
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