Abstract: A predictive analysis of an heat-exchanger design against severe vibration and wear has to cope with experimental data on flow-induced vibration and fretting wear, together with the use of ...

Abstract: Due to tube-support gaps in heat-exchangers, low-frequency modes may develop and become unstable at comparatively low flow velocities. This kind of linear fluidelastic instability results in a ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the question of damping of multispan heat exchanger tubes with liquids (mostly water) on the shell side. The different energy dissipation mechanisms that contribute to damping ...

Abstract: The fluctuating forces induced by water and air/water cross flow on tube rows with pitch to diameter ratios of 1.5 and 3 were measured. Direct measurement of force spectra was possible because ...