Random uncertainty modeling and vibration analysis of a straight pipe conveying fluid

Abstract

A new procedure on random uncertainty modeling is presented for vibration analysis of a straight pipe conveying fluid when the pipe is fixed at both ends. Taking real conveying condition into account, several randomly uncertain loads and a motion constraint are imposed on the pipe and its corresponding equations of motion, which are established from the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and the nonlinear Lagrange strain theory previously. Based on the stochastically nonlinear dynamic theory and the Galerkin method, the equations of motion are reduced to the finite discretized ones with randomly uncertain excitations, from which the vibration characteristics of the pipe are investigated in more detail by some previously developed numerical methods and a specific Poincare map. It is shown that, the vibration modes change not only with the frequency of the harmonic excitation but also with the strength and spectrum width of the randomly uncertain excitations, quasi-periodic-dominant responses can be observed clearly from the point sets in the Poincare’s cross-section. Moreover, the nonlinear elastic coefficient and location of the motion constraint can be adjusted properly to reduce the transverse vibration amplitude of the pipe.