Acoustic Resonance in a Reservoir-Double Pipe-Orifice System

Author(s):  
Arris S. Tijsseling ◽  
Qingzhi Hou ◽  
Bjørnar Svingen ◽  
Anton Bergant

Acoustic resonance in a two-pipe system is simulated with four different models for the periodic excitation. Analytical solutions are provided in full for the three linear excitations. Exact numerical results are presented for the nonlinear excitation. The influence of a large-diameter supply pipe (instead of a constant-head reservoir) on the system’s fundamental frequencies and mode shapes is studied. The peculiar behaviour of wave reflection at an orifice is fully explained.

2013 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elango Natarajan ◽  
Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi ◽  
Viknesh Malliga Jeevanantham ◽  
Muhammad Rusydi Muhammad Razif ◽  
Ili Najaa Aimi Mohd Nordin

In this paper, a solid, single link soft robot finger was modeled with SILASTIC P-1 Silicone, supplied by Dow Corning®. The material is anon-linear hyper elastic, strain dependent, room temperature vulcanized (RTV) rubber. When the fingers are actuated for grasping and object manipulation, they vibrate with excessive amplitudes, which will disturb the precise positioning of the fingers. Vibration analysis through numerical simulation was conducted in ANSYS®V12. The first ten fundamental frequencies and their mode shapes were numerically computed and presented from modal analysis. The lowest natural frequency of the finger model was found to be 2.14 Hz. The dynamic stiffness of the finger model was then computed from the natural frequencies. It was found to be nonlinear in nature. The dynamic characteristics of the finger model during the excitation between 1 Hz and 1000 Hz were studied in transient analysis. The peak acceleration occurred at 9.3 Hz, while the peak velocity occurs at 3.75 Hz and 4.8 Hz with the magnitude of 0.013 mm/s.


Author(s):  
C. Selcan ◽  
B. Cukurel ◽  
J. Shashank

In an attempt to investigate the acoustic resonance effect of serpentine passages on internal convection heat transfer, the present work examines a typical high pressure turbine blade internal cooling system, based on the geometry of the NASA E3 engine. In order to identify the associated dominant acoustic characteristics, a numerical FEM simulation (two-step frequency domain analysis) is conducted to solve the Helmholtz equation with and without source terms. Mode shapes of the relevant identified eigenfrequencies (in the 0–20kHz range) are studied with respect to induced standing sound wave patterns and the local node/antinode distributions. It is observed that despite the complexity of engine geometries, as a first order approximation, the predominant resonance behavior can be modeled by a same-ended straight duct. Therefore, capturing the physics observed in a generic geometry, the heat transfer ramifications are experimentally investigated in a scaled wind tunnel facility at a representative resonance condition. Focusing on the straight cooling channel’s longitudinal eigenmode in the presence of an isolated rib element, the impact of standing sound waves on convective heat transfer and aerodynamic losses are demonstrated by liquid crystal thermometry, local static pressure and sound level measurements. The findings indicate a pronounced heat transfer influence in the rib wake separation region, without a higher pressure drop penalty. This highlights the potential of modulating the aero-thermal performance of the system via acoustic resonance mode excitations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Gendebien ◽  
Alex Kleiman ◽  
Boris Leizeronok ◽  
Beni Cukurel

Abstract The present research deals with enhancing the thermal performance of turbulated heat exchangers through the application of sound pressure waves at acoustic resonance frequencies. Extending the findings of prior wind tunnel studies, where a standing wave greatly improved the forced convection in reattaching flows, this paper exploits such a phenomenon in a practical heat exchanger setting. The current experiments are conducted in representative turbulated plate and double-pipe heat exchanger geometries, mounted in a dedicated facility. After identifying the inherent acoustic resonance frequencies of the passageways, the impact of excitation is studied in various sound pressure levels, blockage ratios, as well as Strouhal and Reynolds numbers. The acoustic resonance excitation resulted in heat transfer enhancement of 20% and 10% in the plate and double-pipe designs, respectively, absence of additional pressure penalties. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first demonstration of acoustic forced convection enhancement in turbulated heat exchanger geometries. Such a technology can pave the way toward future designs that require low-pressure losses, minimal form factor, and/or process controllability.


Author(s):  
Motohiko Nohmi ◽  
Shusaku Kagawa ◽  
Tomoki Tsuneda ◽  
Wakana Tsuru ◽  
Kazuhiko Yokota

Abstract There is a contraction portion in the water supply pipe line system, and cavitation may occur in the contraction when the flow velocity is increased. Such a situation occurs widely in the throat of the fluid machineries and in the vicinity of the valve body of the valve. In operation of the valve, it is well known that a phenomenon occurs in which the flow rate does not increase even if the static pressure difference upstream and downstream of the valve is increased due to the growth of cavitation in the contraction, which is well known as choking . It is not clear what phenomena occurs when cavitation surge occurs in the pipe system in the situation where choking is occurring in the contraction. In this study, cavitation CFD was performed on pipes those have three different geometry contractions. It was revealed that choking occurred when cavitation occurred in any shape. Also, in the case with the sharp contraction part and the sudden expansion, the flow fluctuation at the upstream of the contraction is much weaker than that at the downstream, but in the contraction with the bent part where the centrifugal force acts on the flow, the flow fluctuation at the upstream was found to be strong.


Author(s):  
S. Gendebien ◽  
A. Kleiman ◽  
B. Leizeronok ◽  
B. Cukurel

Abstract The present research deals with enhancing thermal performance of turbulated heat exchangers through application of sound pressure waves at acoustic resonance frequencies. Extending the findings of prior wind tunnel studies, where a standing wave greatly improved the forced convection in reattaching flows, this paper exploits such a phenomenon in a practical heat exchanger setting. The current experiments are conducted in representative turbulated plate and double pipe heat exchanger geometries, mounted in a dedicated facility. After identifying the inherent acoustic resonance frequencies of the passageways, the impact of excitation is studied in various sound pressure levels, blockage ratios, as well as Strouhal and Reynolds numbers. The acoustic resonance excitation resulted in heat transfer enhancement of 20% and 10% in the plate and double pipe designs respectively, absent of additional pressure penalties. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first demonstration of acoustic forced convection enhancement in turbulated heat exchanger geometries. Such a technology can pave the way towards future designs that require low pressure losses, minimal form factor and/or process controllability.


2016 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Radolf

Piriform sinuses (PS), side branches of the human vocal tract, produce extra resonances and antiresonances which influence the quality of produced voice. These acoustic resonant characteristics can be numerically simulated by 3D finite element models of the vocal tract with lateral cavities. Computations that use these accurate methods are very time consuming, therefore this study introduces a simplified 1D mathematical model to analyse acoustical effects of side branches. Although the 1D model cannot capture higher-frequency transversal mode shapes, the resulted changes caused by piriform sinuses partially correspond to recent findings of 3D computational models. New pair of resonances around 5 kHz followed by an antiresonance frequency were detected in the results of the model including PS. The first four resonance frequencies lying below the first new resonance of PS decreased with increasing PS volume and similarly both the new resonances of PS. The higher original resonances increased with increasing PS volume.


2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1291-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sahoo ◽  
D. Chakravorty

A review of the literature reveals that information regarding fundamental frequencies and mode shapes of shallow laminated composite hypar shells with practical civil engineering boundary conditions is not available. The present investigation aims to fill this gap by applying an eight-noded isoparametric shell element as the tool. Numerical experiments are carried out for different parametric variations including boundary conditions and stacking orders to obtain the fundamental frequencies and mode shapes. Some of the results are used for validating the correctness of the present approach by comparing with the existing benchmark, while the other results are studied meticulously to extract a set of meaningful conclusions regarding the free vibration characteristics of composite shallow hypar shells.


Author(s):  
Yoshiki Yoshida ◽  
Hideaki Nanri ◽  
Kengo Kikuta ◽  
Yusuke Kazami ◽  
Yuka Iga ◽  
...  

The relationship between the thermodynamic effect and sub-synchronous rotating cavitation was investigated with a focus on cavity fluctuations. Experiments on a three-bladed inducer were conducted with liquid nitrogen at different temperatures (74 K, 78K and 83 K) to confirm the dependence of the thermodynamic effects. Sub-synchronous rotating cavitation appeared at lower cavitation numbers in liquid nitrogen at 74 K, the same as in cold water. In contrast, in liquid nitrogen at 83 K, the occurrence of sub-synchronous rotating cavitation was suppressed because of the increase of the thermodynamic effect due to the rising temperature. Furthermore, unevenness of cavity length under synchronous rotating cavitation at 83 K was also decreased by the thermodynamic effect. However, surge mode oscillation occurred simultaneously under this weakened synchronous rotating cavitation. Cavity lengths on the blades oscillated with the same phase and maintained the uneven cavity pattern. It was inferred that the thermodynamic effect weakened the peripheral cavitation instability, i.e., synchronous rotating cavitation, and thus axial cavitation instability, i.e., surge mode oscillation, was easily induced due to the synchronization of the cavity fluctuation with an acoustic resonance in the present experimental inlet-pipe system.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Welt ◽  
V. J. Modi

Experiments designed to evaluate performance of partially filled torus shaped nutation dampers, undergoing steady-state forced excitation in translational motion, are described. The forces exerted by the fluid on the damper walls are measured over a range of system parameters. Results suggest that low liquid heights and large diameter ratios with the system operating at liquid sloching resonance lead to increased damping. On the other hand, low Reynolds numbers and presence of obstacles, such as baffles, tend to reduce the peak efficiency by restricting the action of the free surface. The theory, based on the potential flow approach and corrected for viscosity near the solid boundary, generally yields the right trends while underestimating the amount of dissipation within the torus. A flow visualization study qualitatively confirms the nature of the mode shapes predicted by the theory.


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