Abstract
Flow-induced vibration is an important concern in the design of tube bundles.
Due to the coupling of fluid motion and structural motion, instabilities such as
flutter and divergence can arise. Next to the instabilities caused by the coupling of fluid motion and structural motion, turbulence could cause small amplitude vibrations, which in turn could give rise to long-term damage. Currently, the dynamical behavior of a tube in axial flow is studied by splitting the flow forces into inviscid and viscous components. The inviscid flow forces are determined from potential flow theory while the viscous flow forces come from empirical formulations. In this paper, a computational methodology is proposed to improve the accuracy of the predicted dynamical behaviour. In this methodology partitioned fluid-structure interaction simulations are performed to calculate the free vibration decay of a tube in axial flow. The tube is initially deformed according to an eigenmode in vacuum. Modal characteristics
are then derived from the free vibration decay of the tube surrounded by the
turbulent water flow. To validate this computational methodology a series of experiments is reproduced. In these experiments the frequency and damping of the fundamental mode of a solid brass cylinder were measured.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering V |
Place of Publication | Spain |
Pages | 669-676 |
State | Published - Jun 2013 |
Event | 5th International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering - Santa Eulalia Duration: 17 Jun 2013 → 19 Jun 2013 |
Conference
Conference | 5th International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Santa Eulalia |
Period | 2013-06-17 → 2013-06-19 |