Resonant Vibration of Steel Stacks

Dockstader, Ernest A.; Swiger, William F.; Ireland, Emory

doi:10.1061/taceat.0007296

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“…The data of Fig. 4 [39,40] implies an intuitive relation discussed in great length in this study; a thicker-walled shell requires a much higher flow velocity in order to undergo "flutter" or circumferential instability. It was noted in this reference that as the flow velocity (U) is increased, the natural frequency of the structure in fluid…”

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On the flow induced vibration of an externally excited nuclear reactor experiment

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Nuclear Engineering and Design

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An in-pile, drop-in experiment design is presently being designed and studied for the near-term deployment within the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) located at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL); this experiment is termed the Miniplate-1 Large-B (MP-1 LB) Experiment. A number of explicit studies are performed during the design-and safety-related stage. Traditionally, a clear and logical methodology has been developed and utilized for analyses such as hydraulics, thermal-loads, mechanical loads, and others for these experiments. Recently a small component from a different experiment assembly mechanically separated while in the reactor's core. While this experiment didn't compromise the safety of the reactor, it led to a higher-level question which centered on whether the appropriate level of consideration was being made toward the fluid-structure-interactions of these experiments. The outcome yielded separate flow test experiments of like-for-like geometry in an experimental loop located at Oregon State University which produces experimental data compliant with applicable parts and requirements to ASME's NQA-1 2008, 2009a standard -suitable for benchmark evaluation. The objectives of this study are to (1) develop a process for handling and interpreting the mechanical response of the test elements during hydraulic testing, to (2) characterize the motion of a specific test element during a flow test which imposes a wide range of hydraulic conditions, and (3) provide objective observations toward the potential safety related implications that are tied to the synthesized data.The outcome of this study has led to a confident process in inspecting the experimental data, synthesized it for interpretation, identified several unique hydraulic characteristics of the experiment design which were previously unknown, and demonstrated that the likelihood for mechanical failure resulting from fluid-structure-interactions in the reactor is far below any criterion for concern of the element's safety.

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