A note on the stability and chaotic motions of a restrained pipe conveying fluid

2006 ◽  
Vol 296 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 1079-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wang ◽  
Q. Ni
Author(s):  
C. Semler ◽  
M. P. Païdoussis

Abstract This paper deals with the nonlinear dynamics and the stability of cantilevered pipes conveying fluid, where the fluid has a harmonic component of flow velocity, assumed to be small, superposed on a constant mean value. The mean flow velocity is near the critical value for which the pipe becomes unstable by flutter through a Hopf bifurcation. The partial differential equation is transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using the Galerkin method. The equations of motion contain nonlinear inertial terms, and hence cannot be put into standard form for numerical integration. Various approaches are adopted to tackle the problem: (a) a perturbation method via which the nonlinear inertial terms are removed by finding an equivalent term using the linear equation; the system is then put into first-order form and integrated using a Runge-Kutta scheme; (b) a finite difference method based on Houbolt’s scheme, which leads to a set of nonlinear algebraic equations that is solved with a Newton-Raphson approach; (c) the stability boundaries are obtained using an incremental harmonic balance method as proposed by S.L. Lau. Using the three methods, the dynamics of the pipe conveying fluid is investigated in detail. For example, the effects of (i) the forcing frequency, (ii) the perturbation amplitude, and (iii) the flow velocity are considered. Particular attention is paid to the effects of the nonlinear terms. These results are compared with experiments undertaken in our laboratory, utilizing elastomer pipes conveying water. The pulsating component of the flow is generated by a plunger pump, and the motions are monitored by a noncontacting optical follower system. It is shown, both numerically and experimentally, that periodic and quasiperiodic oscillations can exist, depending on the parameters.


2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Elishakoff ◽  
N. Impollonia

The effect of the elastic Winkler and rotatory foundations on the stability of a pipe conveying fluid is investigated in this paper. Both elastic foundations are partially attached to the pipe. It turns out that the single foundation, either translational or rotatory, which is attached to the pipe along its entire length, increases the critical velocity. Such an intuitively anticipated strengthening effect is surprisingly missing for the elastic column on Winkler foundation subjected to the so-called statically applied follower forces. Yet, partial foundation for the pipe conveying fluid is associated with a nonmonotonous dependence of the critical velocity versus the attachment ratio defined as the length of the partial foundation over the entire length of the pipe. It is concluded that such a paradoxical nonmonotonicity is shared by both the realistic structure (pipe conveying fluid) and in the “imagined system,” to use the terminology of Herrmann pertaining to the column under to follower forces.


2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (0) ◽  
pp. 175-176
Author(s):  
Hitoshi DOKI ◽  
Kazuhiko HIRAMOTO ◽  
Tomomichi MIYAZAKI ◽  
Motohiro MISHIMA

1991 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Paidoussis ◽  
G. X. Li ◽  
R. H. Rand

A refined analytical model is presented for the dynamics of a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid and constrained by motion limiting restraints. Calculations with the discretized form of this model with a progressively increasing number of degrees of freedom, N, show that convergence is achieved with N = 4 or 5, which agrees with previously performed fractal dimension calculations of experimental data. Theory shows that, beyond the Hopf bifurcation, as the flow is increased, a pitchfork bifurcation is followed by a cascade of period doubling bifurcations leading to chaos, which is in qualitative agreement with observation. The numerically computed theoretical critical flow velocities are in excellent quantitative agreement (5–10 percent) with experimental values for the thresholds of the Hopf and period doubling bifurcations and for the onset of chaos. An approximation for the critical flow velocity for the loss of stability of the post-Hopf limit cycle is also obtained by using center manifold concepts and normal form techniques for a simplified version of the analytical model; it is found that the values obtained in this manner are approximately within 10 percent of those computed numerically.


Author(s):  
Jiaquan Deng ◽  
Yongshou Liu ◽  
Zijun Zhang ◽  
Wei Liu

In this paper, the dynamic behaviors of a multi-span viscoelastic functionally graded material pipe conveying fluid are investigated by dynamic stiffness method. The material properties of the functionally graded material pipe are considered as graded distribution along the thickness direction according to a power-law. Several numerical examples are performed to study the effects of volume fraction exponent, fluid velocity, internal pressure, and internal damping on the stability and frequency response of the fluid-conveying functionally graded material pipe. It’s found that the viscoelastic functionally graded material pipe exhibits some special dynamic behaviors and it could increase the stability significantly when compared with the aluminum and steel pipes. The numerical results also demonstrate that by the introduction of the functionally graded material, the stiffness of the piping system could be modulated easily by designing the volume fraction function. Therefore, if the dominant frequency contents of the external loads are known, a preferable design of the functionally graded material pipe to reduce the vibration is possible.


2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianlong Yu ◽  
Michael P. Païdoussis ◽  
Huijie Shen ◽  
Lin Wang

In this paper, the stability of a periodic cantilevered pipe conveying fluid is studied theoretically by means of a novel transfer matrix method. This method is first validated by comparing the results to those available in the literature for a uniform pipe, showing that it is capable of high accuracy and displaying good convergence characteristics. Then, the stability of periodic pipes is investigated, with geometric, material-properties periodicity, and a combination of the two, showing that a considerable stabilizing effect may be achieved over different ranges of the mass parameter β (β=mf/(mf+mp), where mf and mp are the fluid and pipe masses per unit length). The effect of other different system parameters is also probed.


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