• Title of article

    Predictionofflow-inducedexcitationinapipeconveyingfluidOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    JyotiK.Sinha، نويسنده , , A.RamaRao، نويسنده , , R.K.Sinha، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    627
  • To page
    636
  • Abstract
    Experimentallyitisevidentthatthenatureoftheflow-inducedexcitationinapipeconveyingfluidisabroadbandfrequencyexcitation.Itisalsoobservedthattheamplitudeofexcitationdecreaseswithincreaseinfrequency.However,thereisnomethodtoestimatesuchforces.Themeasurementofexcitationforceallalongthelengthofapipeusingthepressuretransducersmaybedifficultorperhapsimpossible.Anotherpossibilityistomeasurethestructuralresponsesusingvibrationtransducersallalongthepipelengthandthenestimatetheflow-inducedexcitationforces(bothamplitudeandphase)usingafiniteelement(FE)modelofthepipe.However,themeasureddegreeoffreedoms(dofs)arealwaysmuchsmallerthanthedofsinFEmodel,henceamethodhasbeendevelopedthatusesnon-linearoptimizationmethodinvolvingthelimitedmeasuredresponsestogetherwithFEmodeltopredicttheexcitationforces(bothamplitudeandphase)actingallalongthepipeconveyingfluid.Thepredictedexcitationforcescanthenbeusedtoperformsafetyrelatedstudybyassessingthepiperesponsesatanylocationwhetheraccessibleornot.Thetheoryoftheproposedmethodanditsvalidationhasbeenpresentedinthepaperthroughalongstraightpipeconveyingfluid.Typicalapplicationsoftheproposedmethodarealsodiscussed.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894874