Vibrations Analysis of Pipe Convoying Pulsating Fluid Flow

Non-uniform pipes conveying fluids are widely used in various industrial fields. Also, contraction and expansion pipes are used at inlet and outlet of industrial plants equipment like pumps and compressors. There equipments produce vibrations which badly affect pipes. It is the aim of this proposed research work to study the relative influence of the various parameters on the vibration characteristics of the pipes and their relation to the pipe shape parameters like inlet diameter to outlet diameter, expansion or contraction position along the pipe, and contraction or expansion length. Numerous research works have been put forward to treat the dynamics of pipelines subject to different loading conditions and structural constraints. In this work various pipe shapes are studied and compared to the straight pipe as a reference. The governing equations of motion for a pipe conveying fluid were solved using BVP4C in MATLAB software