Vortex Induced Vibration

Vortex-Induced Vibration, abbreviated as VIV, are motions induced on bodies facing an external flow by periodical irregularities on the flo...

Vortex-Induced Vibration, abbreviated as VIV, are motions induced on bodies facing an external flow by periodical irregularities on the flow. A simple example of VIV is an underwater cylinder, offshore pipelines.
VIV happens when the vortices are not formed symmetrically around the body (with respect to its mid plane), different lift forces develop on each side of the body, and leading to motion transverse to the flow. This motion changes the nature of the vortex formation leading to a limited motion amplitude.

VIV TYPES

There are two types of VIV, self-excited oscillations and forced oscillation.
1. Self-excited oscillations
This type of VIV occurs naturally. For instance, when the vortex-shedding frequency and the natural frequency are approximately the same. This is the real VIV, vortex-induced vibration.
2. Forced oscillations
This VIV occurs at velocities and amplitudes which are preset and can be controled indepedently of fluid velocity. This is not the “real” VIV, this is vibration-induced vortices.
In order to prevent VIV phenomenon, some offshore structures are design with strakes to suppress VIV. Strakes can be seen in the following figure:

 Sumber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex-induced_vibration

http://web.mit.edu/towtank/www/viv.html

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