Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Vibration Reduction in Pipe Systems

Summary, in English

Transmitted vibrations from water-pipe systems, involving supports standing on a concrete slab and the underlying ground, are investigated here. The effects of varying parameters of the supports, such as location, their elastic modulus and their cross-section, on the level of vibrations transmitted by the water-pipe system are analysed in order to minimise vibrations transmitted to sensitive parts in a facility. A finite element model involving use of both finite and infinite elements was employed for analyses in the frequency domain where account was taken of both fluid-structure interaction and soil-structure interaction. It was concluded from the analyses performed that the parameters of the supports had an appreciable effect on the vibration level in the facility.

• Author: Peter Persson; Kent Persson; Göran Sandberg
• Department/s: Structural Mechanics
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 459-468
• Publication/Series: Dynamics of Civil Structures
• Volume: Volume 4
• Links: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-04546-7_49
• Document type: Book chapter
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Building Technologies; Geotechnical Engineering; Applied Mechanics; Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics
• Keywords: Water-pipe system Fluid-structure interaction Soil-structure interaction Vibration reduction Finite element method
• Status: Published