Frequency Domain Analysis of Fluid–Structure Interaction in Aircraft Hydraulic Pipe with Complex Constraints

Abstract

This paper focuses on the frequency domain fluid–structure interaction (FSI) vibration characteristics of aircraft hydraulic pipe with complex constraints. The linear partial differential fourteen-equation model is applied to describe the nonlinear FSI dynamics of pipes conveying fluid with high-speed, high-pressure, a wide Reynolds number, and the vibration frequency range. The excitation, complex boundary, and middle constraint models of liquid-filled pipes are analytically established and added into the global model of the pipe system. These resulting models are solved by the improved Laplace transform transfer matrix method (LTTMM) in the frequency domain. Then, the dynamic response characteristics of an aircraft hydraulic pipe containing diverse constraints are investigated numerically and experimentally under four types of working conditions, and the improvement conditions for the numerical instabilities are presented. In general, the present method is highly efficient and convenient for rapid model parameter modifications, in order to be fully applicable to different pipe systems and analysis cases. The results reveal the complex resonant laws regarding aircraft hydraulic pipes with complex constraints in the broad frequency band, which can also provide theoretical reference and technical support for FSI vibration analysis and the control of aircraft hydraulic pipes.