Abstract
In this study, the transverse vibrations of highly tensioned pipes with vanishing flexural stiffness and conveying fluid with time-dependent velocity are investigated. Two different cases, the pipes with fixed–fixed end and fixed–sliding end conditions are considered. The time-dependent velocity is assumed to be a harmonic function about a mean velocity. These systems experience a Coriolis acceleration component which renders such systems gyroscopic. The equation of motion is derived using Hamilton's principle and solved analytically by direct application of the method of multiple scales (a perturbation technique). The natural frequencies are found. Increasing the ratio of fluid mass to the total mass per unit length increases the natural frequencies. The principal parametric resonance cases are investigated in detail. Stability boundaries are determined analytically. It is found that instabilities occur when the frequency of velocity fluctuations is close to two times the natural frequency of the constant velocity system. When the velocity fluctuation frequency is close to zero, no instabilities are detected up to the first order of perturbation. Numerical results are presented for the first two modes.
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