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Vibration of a group of circular cylinders in a confined fluid. [LMFBR]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7186292· OSTI ID:7186292

Understanding and modeling fluid/structure interaction in cylinder bundles is a basic requirement in the development of analytical methods and guidelines for designing LMFBR heat exchanger and reactor fuel assemblies that are free from component vibration problems. As a step toward satisfying this requirement, a method of analysis based on the potential flow theory is developed for analyzing free vibration of a group of cylinders immersed in a fluid contained in a cylinder. The method of analysis presented can determine the added mass coefficients and natural frequencies of coupled cylinder-fluid systems. To demonstrate the method the coupled natural frequencies for two eccentrically located cylinders with a fluid-filled gap are calculated and discussed. A few other examples are also given to show the added mass coefficients.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., Ill. (USA)
OSTI ID:
7186292
Report Number(s):
ANL-CT-76-25
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English