ISSN:
1741-2765
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract This paper describes an experimental vibration study of fluid-coupled coaxial cylinders that simulates the vibration of a reactor vessel with a thermal liner. The model cylinders are made of acrylic. Thickness and gap-size parameter studies are performed by a series of different compinations of three outside cylinders and nine inside cylinders that have variable thicknesses and diameters. Damping ratios are measured on a mode-by-mode basis for several combinations of cylinders. The vibrated cylinders are mounted to a rigid stand, with the cuter cylinder supported at both ends and the inner cylinder supported at either one end (pendulum mode) or both ends, as the case may be. The natural frequencies are obtained first in air and then with coaxial cylinders coupled by water. The mode shapes are obtained by circumferential (shell modes) and axial (shell/beam modes) mapping of the response with two diametrically opposite ‘roving’ Dymac eddy probes. In general, the natural vibration of the system has two distinct responses in-phase and/or out-of-phase modes, i.e., the radial displacement phase relationship between inner and outer cylinders. In the out-of-phase modes the frequency is shown to decrease to either zero or a very low limiting value as the gap size cecreases. The opposite occurs for in-phase modes. Damping ratios are found to be much higher for out-of-phase modes and for relatively rigid cylinders than for in-phase modes and flexible cylinders, respectively.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02326393
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