Two-phase cross flow exists in many shell-and-tube heat exchangers. Flow-induced vibration excitation forces can cause tube motion that will result in long-term fretting wear or fatigue. Detailed flow and vibration excitation force measurements in tube bundles subjected to two-phase cross flow are required to understand the underlying vibration excitation mechanisms. Some of this work has already been done. The distributions of both void fraction and bubble velocity in rotated-triangular tube bundles were obtained. Somewhat unexpected but significant quasiperiodic forces in both the drag and lift directions were measured. The present work aims at understanding the nature of such unexpected drag and lift quasiperiodic forces. An experimental program was undertaken with a rotated-triangular array of cylinders subjected to air/water flow to simulate two-phase mixtures. Fiber-optic probes were developed to measure local void fraction. Both the dynamic lift and drag forces were measured with a strain gage instrumented cylinder. The investigation showed that the quasiperiodic drag and lift forces are generated by different mechanisms that have not been previously observed. The quasiperiodic drag forces appear related to the momentum flux fluctuations in the main flow path between the cylinders. The quasiperiodic lift forces, on the other hand, are mostly correlated to oscillations in the wake of the cylinders. The quasiperiodic lift forces are related to local void fraction measurements in the unsteady wake area between upstream and downstream cylinders. The quasiperiodic drag forces correlate well with similar measurements in the main flow stream between cylinders.
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February 2008
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Correlation Between Vibration Excitation Forces and the Dynamic Characteristics of Two-Phase Cross Flow in a Rotated-Triangular Tube Bundle
C. Zhang,
C. Zhang
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, Canada
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M. J. Pettigrew,
M. J. Pettigrew
Fellow ASME
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: michel.pettigrew@polymtl.ca
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, Canada
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N. W. Mureithi
N. W. Mureithi
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, Canada
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C. Zhang
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, Canada
M. J. Pettigrew
Fellow ASME
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, Canadae-mail: michel.pettigrew@polymtl.ca
N. W. Mureithi
BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
École Polytechnique Montréal
, Quebec H3C 3A7, CanadaJ. Pressure Vessel Technol. Feb 2008, 130(1): 011301 (10 pages)
Published Online: January 8, 2008
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Received:
July 12, 2006
Revised:
December 8, 2006
Published:
January 8, 2008
Citation
Zhang, C., Pettigrew, M. J., and Mureithi, N. W. (January 8, 2008). "Correlation Between Vibration Excitation Forces and the Dynamic Characteristics of Two-Phase Cross Flow in a Rotated-Triangular Tube Bundle." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. February 2008; 130(1): 011301. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2826381
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