... 2021 confined flow fluid forces fluid–structure interaction Spent fuel of a nuclear power plant is generally stored in a wet storage pool. In the case of a seismic event, one has to ensure the integrity of the spent fuel, and structures holding them called spent fuel racks [ 1...

... and comparisons with the analytical predictions are made. Leak ratio of kerosene and water versus gasket stress 17 05 2010 15 12 2010 24 08 2011 24 08 2011 confined flow extrapolation flow measurement flow through porous media gaskets leak detection Navier-Stokes...

... method is verified to be effective to suppress the sloshing while the consuming energy to control the valve is small. 12 03 2009 01 12 2009 25 08 2010 25 08 2010 confined flow flow control numerical analysis sloshing time-varying systems valves sloshing suppression...

... to the negative damping effect in leakage-flow vibrations. 08 10 2009 07 07 2010 05 08 2010 05 08 2010 confined flow fatigue fluid dynamics pipes pressure springs (mechanical) stability The instability of pressure relief valves does not seem to have been widely studied...

... = 60 deg . The commonly used independence principle was shown to predict the vortex-shedding frequency reasonably well along the entire cylinder span for α > 70 deg , but did not work as well for α = 60 deg . 30 09 2009 18 11 2009 05 05 2010 05 05 2010 confined flow...

... 2009 bulk storage containers confined flow friction granular flow materials handling equipment sensitivity analysis Granular materials are large assemblies of macroscopic bodies. In these materials the size of single particles may cover several orders of magnitude. Grains, a few...

... are solved analytically, using the generalized Bessel function. A direct method of solution of Navier equation is presented. 14 03 2007 21 01 2008 09 12 2008 Bessel functions confined flow convection functionally graded materials heat conduction thermal stresses thermoelasticity...

... direction requires two terms in the Fourier expansion of the fluid force for accurate modeling. 03 05 2006 13 02 2007 22 08 2008 confined flow damping elasticity finite element analysis modal analysis vibrations Accurate account of motion-dependent effects...

... of Sheffield. 09 02 2006 19 12 2006 17 01 2008 confined flow cracks fracture friction safety turbulence The concept of leak-before-break (LBB) is often used in safety cases for pressure systems. A LBB argument is aimed at demonstrating that the leakage of gas or fluid...

... 2004 computational fluid dynamics flow instability damping pressure vibrations mechanical stability confined flow Up to this time, some research has been conducted on natural frequencies and flow-induced vibrations of the bellows due to internal fluid flow. Jakubauskas and Weaver...

... by the PVP Division, January 20, 1999; revised manuscript received October 26, 1999. Associate Technical Editor: S. S. Chen. 20 January 1999 26 October 1999 mechanical stability flexible structures vibrations fission reactor coolants confined flow flow instability A fluid...