Influence of Upstream Turbulence on the Fluidelastic Instability of a Tube Bundle With Various Flexible Tubes

Author(s):  
M. Rottmann ◽  
K. Popp

The stability boundaries of a single flexible tube in one of the first rows of a tube bundle can be highly dependent on the turbulence characteristics of the upstream flow, cf. (Rottmann & Popp, 2001). For certain bundle geometries increased turbulence yields a stabilization of a flexible tube in the critical row. If this stabilization also occurs on the more realistic condition of a fully flexible bundle it could be a useful effect with respect to applications. The flow rate in a heat exchanger could be increased or existing stability problems could easily be solved by inserting turbulence grids at the inlet instead of changing the entire tube bundle. Therefore, wind tunnel tests have been carried out with various flexible tubes in the tube bundle. The vibrations in the tube bundle have been carefully observed and measured by means of accelerometers. These investigations still show a significant stabilizing effect of increased upstream turbulence.

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei A. Gulin

AbstractA review of the stability theory of symmetrizable time-dependent difference schemes is represented. The notion of the operator-difference scheme is introduced and general ideas about stability in the sense of the initial data and in the sense of the right hand side are formulated. Further, the so-called symmetrizable difference schemes are considered in detail for which we manage to formulate the unimprovable necessary and su±cient conditions of stability in the sense of the initial data. The schemes with variable weight multipliers are a typical representative of symmetrizable difference schemes. For such schemes a numerical algorithm is proposed and realized for constructing stability boundaries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-104
Author(s):  
Mingrui Du ◽  
Yuan Gao ◽  
Guansheng Han ◽  
Luan Li ◽  
Hongwen Jing

AbstractMulti-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been added in the plain cementitious materials to manufacture composites with the higher mechanical properties and smart behavior. The uniform distributions of MWCNTs is critical to obtain the desired enhancing effect, which, however, is challenged by the high ionic strength of the cement pore solution. Here, the effects of methylcellulose (MC) on stabilizing the dispersion of MWCNTs in the simulated cement pore solution and the viscosity of MWCNT suspensions werestudied. Further observations on the distributions of MWCNTs in the ternary cementitious composites were conducted. The results showed that MC forms a membranous envelope surrounding MWCNTs, which inhibits the adsorption of cations and maintains the steric repulsion between MWCNTs; thus, the stability of MWCNT dispersion in cement-based composites is improved. MC can also work as a viscosity adjuster that retards the Brownian mobility of MWCNTs, reducing their re-agglomerate within a period. MC with an addition ratio of 0.018 wt.% is suggested to achieve the optimum dispersion stabilizing effect. The findings here provide a way for stabilizing the other dispersed nano-additives in the cementitious composites.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4833
Author(s):  
Afroja Akter ◽  
Md. Jahedul Islam ◽  
Javid Atai

We study the stability characteristics of zero-velocity gap solitons in dual-core Bragg gratings with cubic-quintic nonlinearity and dispersive reflectivity. The model supports two disjointed families of gap solitons (Type 1 and Type 2). Additionally, asymmetric and symmetric solitons exist in both Type 1 and Type 2 families. A comprehensive numerical stability analysis is performed to analyze the stability of solitons. It is found that dispersive reflectivity improves the stability of both types of solitons. Nontrivial stability boundaries have been identified within the bandgap for each family of solitons. The effects and interplay of dispersive reflectivity and the coupling coefficient on the stability regions are also analyzed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Liu ◽  
Ming Zou ◽  
Chuan Wu ◽  
Mengqi Cai ◽  
Guangyun Min ◽  
...  

A new quad bundle conductor galloping model considering wake effect is proposed to solve the problem of different aerodynamic coefficients of each subconductor of iced quad bundle conductor. Based on the quasistatic theory, a new 3-DOF (three degrees of freedom) galloping model of iced quad bundle conductors is established, which can accurately reflect the energy transfer and galloping of quad bundle conductor in three directions. After a series of formula derivations, the conductor stability judgment formula is obtained. In the wind tunnel test, according to the actual engineering situation, different variables are set up to accurately simulate the galloping of iced quad bundle conductor under the wind, and the aerodynamic coefficient is obtained. Finally, according to the stability judgment formula of this paper, calculate the critical wind speed of conductor galloping through programming. The dates of wind tunnel test and calculation in this paper can be used in the antigalloping design of transmission lines.


1993 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 645-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. SHARKOVSKY ◽  
YU. MAISTRENKO ◽  
PH. DEREGEL ◽  
L. O. CHUA

In this paper, we consider an infinite-dimensional extension of Chua's circuit (Fig. 1) obtained by replacing the left portion of the circuit composed of the capacitance C2 and the inductance L by a lossless transmission line as shown in Fig. 2. As we shall see, if the remaining capacitance C1 is equal to zero, the dynamics of this so-called time-delayed Chua's circuit can be reduced to that of a scalar nonlinear difference equation. After deriving the corresponding 1-D map, it will be possible to determine without any approximation the analytical equation of the stability boundaries of cycles of every period n. Since the stability region is nonempty for each n, this proves rigorously that the time-delayed Chua's circuit exhibits the "period-adding" phenomenon where every two consecutive cycles are separated by a chaotic region.


Author(s):  
M. A. Porter ◽  
D. H. Martens

The design requirements for a large shell and tube vertical heat exchanger (to be used in a sulfur recovery tail gas treatment unit) included startup, shutdown and upset conditions that would subject the exchanger to significant temperature changes. The exchanger was designed to the requirement of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section VIII Division 1 [1]. A detailed analysis of the thermal profiles and related stresses was performed to confirm the use of a flexible tube sheet design. The heat exchanger uses high pressure superheated steam on the shell side to heat a low pressure process gas on the tube side. The heat exchanger was sized and thermally rated, using commercially available analysis software. The proposed design was analyzed by Finite Element methods that included both thermal and stress analysis. These evaluations confirmed that a flexible tube sheet design was satisfactory when using specific dimensions.


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