Abstract: Flow-induced vibration in steam generators and heat exchangers can cause dynamic interactions between tubes and tube supports resulting in fretting-wear. The effects on tube wear of various ...

Abstract: In nuclear power plants, major tribological problems can occur among the interacting components, such as those in the control assembly, the reactors and the steam generators, due to a combination ...

Abstract: High flow rates in steam generators and heat exchangers may create flow-induced tube vibrations which cause local wear through impacting and rubbing on tube supports and/or with adjacent tubes. ...

Abstract: Flow-induced tube vibration can cause dynamic interactions between a tube and its supports. Both wear information and results from vibration analyses are needed to achieve a realistic assessment ...

Abstract: A theoretical and experimental investigation of quasi-harmonic friction-induced vibration is reported. The vibration is of near-sinusoidal form and is solely governed by dynamic friction forces. ...

Abstract: The design, development, and application of a pin-on-disk tribometer for the measurement of friction and friction-induced vibration is described. Careful isolation techniques eliminated many of the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a study of the stick-slip frictional phenomenon when large contact areas subjected to uneven contact loads, such as the rotating platform of excavators and large robotic ...

Abstract: Wear occurs as a result of relative motion at the interface of two contacting bodies. In nuclear power steam generators, high flow rates can induce vibration of the tubes resulting in wear ...

Abstract: Tubes within tube and shell heat exchange components are supported at intermediate points by support plates. Flow-induced vibration of a tube can cause it to impact or rub against a support ...