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Random Turbulence Excitation Forces Due to Two‐Phase Flow

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Flow‐Induced Vibration Handbook for Nuclear and Process Equipment, chapter 10, Wiley, (October 2021)
DOI: 10.1002/9781119810995.ch10

Abstract

This chapter reviews the guidelines for two-phase cross flow forces and describes the development of a new guideline. As this chapter develops, scaling techniques for two-phase excitation forces, steam-water, Freon and air-water data from a wide variety of test facilities and test conditions are compared. An emphasis is placed on the need to understand the effect of the flow regimes that are present in two-phase flow in tube arrays. An understanding of the dimensionless frequency required to align the two-phase frequency peaks is essential. The development of a suitable dimensionless frequency was a major hurdle in the data reduction process. The chapter outlines the relationship between two-phase random excitation forces and the various flow and geometric parameters. Dimensionless forms for frequency and power spectral density are developed. The chapter uses air-water data in the development of the power spectral density and frequency scaling factors.

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