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Title: Robust flutter control of a vertical pipe conveying fluid using gyroscopic mechanism

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OSTI ID:131706
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  1. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Inst. of Fluid Science

This paper presents a study on the flutter suppression of a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid by means of gyroscopic mechanism. One end of the pipe is fixed at the center of the gyroscopic mechanism and the two directional vibration of the pipe is controlled by the moments of two servomotors connected to the two axes of the gyroscopic mechanism. The present system with the servomotors is described approximately by two independent differential equations. The evaluation method of structured singular value is used to obtain a robust controller, and the unformulated dynamics (coupled motion of two directions, nonlinear effect etc.) is treated by the robust performance of controller. Numerical simulation and experimental results show that the flutter is effectively suppressed by the present method.

OSTI ID:
131706
Report Number(s):
CONF-950740-; ISBN 0-7918-1329-0; TRN: IM9551%%314
Resource Relation:
Conference: Joint American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Honolulu, HI (United States), 23-27 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Flow-induced vibration 1995. PVP-Volume 298; Pettigrew, M.J.; Au-Yang, M.K.; Fujita, K. [eds.]; PB: 183 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English