Vibration in Two Phase Flow

What is the criteria in determining wether vibration may occur in a two phase flow system?...Let's say in terms of the volumetric percentage of liquid to vapor, what is the percentage in which piping vibration may occur? Also what is the minimum natural frequency that a piping system maybe designed to solve piping vibration such as two phase regime..Thanks all for your opinion...

  • You can find useful information on two phase flow regimes at the following link. Slug flow is the main cause of piping vibrations. I cannot give you a minimum frequency as that varies with piping geometry and slug length.

    www.pe.utexas.edu/.../flowmap.html

    The following article has PDF file with an example of modeling slug flow in AutoPIPE using time history. You can also model using static loading by applying the loads in USER case(s). Static analysis assumes no resonance in the system and dynamic amplification factor of 2 may not be enough in the case of slug flow, but can give you a quick way to see if your system has a chance of working.

    communities.bentley.com/.../103188.aspx

    Karim Rinawi