Two-phase Upward Flow-Induced Vibrations in U-bend under Different Orientations

Sohail, M. and Pao, W. and Azam, H. and Khan, U. (2024) Two-phase Upward Flow-Induced Vibrations in U-bend under Different Orientations. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 114 (1). pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

U-bends are frequently employed in industries to change the direction of fluid flow. Flow Induced Vibrations (FIV) are very prominent due to internal two-phase flow and vary with U-bend orientation. Potential possibilities of spatial orientations of a U-bend make it impractical to predict these vibrations using an experimental approach. This study investigates the two-phase flow-induced vibrations for 0°, 30°, 60° and 90° upward flow in a U-bend using CFD. In-plane and out-of-plane directional vibrational data was gathered for these four orientations of U-bend. For constant superficial velocities with void fraction of 0.5, impact of orientation on slug frequencies was observed with Fast Fourier Transformation. In-plane (x-axis) forces applied at the outlet bend significantly increase 39 compared to the corresponding forces at the inlet bend. Forces at the outlet bend along the y-axis (out-of-plane) were reduced by 26, but the forces along the z-axis show a more moderate decrease of 7. This study provides significant data essential to forming a correlation of two-phase flow-induced vibrations with multiple upward flow U-bend orientations. © 2024, Semarak Ilmu Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 14:19
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2024 14:19
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/19920

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