Some knowledge on damping and fluid-elastic instability is necessary to avoid flow-induced-vibration problems in shell and tube heat exchanger such as steam generator. Fluid-elastic instability is the most important vibration excitation mechanism for heat exchanger tube bundles subjected to the cross flow. Experiments have been performed to investigate fluid-elastic instability of normal square tube bundles, subjected to two-phase cross flow. The test section consists of cantilevered flexible cylinder(s) and rigid cylinders of normal square array. From a practical design point of view, fluid-elastic instability may be expressed simply in terms of dimensionless flow velocity and dimensionless mass-damping parameter. For dynamic instability of cylinder rows, added mass, damping and critical flow velocity are evaluated. The Fluid-elastic instability coefficient is calculated and then compared to existing results given for tube bundles in normal square array.
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18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
May 17–21, 2010
Xi’an, China
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- Nuclear Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4933-0
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Woo Gun Sim,
Woo Gun Sim
Hannam University, Taejeon, Korea
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Mi Yeon Park
Mi Yeon Park
Hannam University, Taejeon, Korea
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Woo Gun Sim
Hannam University, Taejeon, Korea
Mi Yeon Park
Hannam University, Taejeon, Korea
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ICONE18-29037, pp. 7-14; 8 pages
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April 8, 2011
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Sim, WG, & Park, MY. "Fluid-Elastic Instability of Normal Square Tube Bundles in Two-Phase Cross Flow." Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Volume 5. Xi’an, China. May 17–21, 2010. pp. 7-14. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE18-29037
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