Experimental and numerical contributions on flow-induced vibration in steam-generator-like tube bundles: A review

W Benguigui, S Benhamadouche, F Beltran… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Water in the secondary loop of a nuclear power plant is vaporized in the steam generator
tube bundle. At this stage, the bottom and top part of the tube bundle are subjected to a …

Experimental investigation on two-phase cross-flow-induced vibration of a cylinder in a confined channel

W Benguigui, C Pinto, O Ries - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Interactions between cylindrical structures and two-phase flows is a major concern for
industrial applications, especially where cross-flows may cause damages, in heat …

[HTML][HTML] Local-scale experimental investigation of a two-phase cross-flow in a tube bundle and flow-induced vibration; Bubbly flow regime

G Spina, W Benguigui, G Brillant, D Vivaldi… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Two-phase cross-flows can induce vibrations in several industrial situations. This is
especially the case in nuclear power plant U-tube Steam Generator (SG) tube bundles. With …

Innovative Insights into Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase Cross-Flow Induced Vibration and Numerical Simulation of Complex Two-Phase Flow Scenarios

G Spina - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Two-phase flow-induced vibrations is a phenomenon that occurs when two-phase gas-liquid
flows encounter mechanical systems such as pipes, tubes, or heat exchangers. This …

[PDF][PDF] FIV2024-0007 Exploring Two-Phase Cross-flow Using A Wire Mesh Sensor

A Chahine, G Brilllant, D Vivaldi - 2024 - researchgate.net
Flow Induced Vibration analysis with two-phase flows requires precise knowledge of flow
topology and structure. To investigate the characteristics of the two-phase flow in the 5× 5 …

[PDF][PDF] FIV2024-0003 Numerical and Experimental study to characterize two-phase flow-induced vibration of a single cylinder in a confined channel

F Beltran, W Benguigui - 2024 - researchgate.net
Interactions between cylindrical structures and two-phase flows is a major concern for
industrial applications, especially where cross-flows may cause damages. To address this …

Using CFD for U-tube steam-generators vibrations

D Vivaldi, P Ruyer - CFD4NRS_9 workshop, 2023 - irsn.hal.science
Evaluation of the risk of steam-generator (SG) tube failure induced by high-cycle fatigue
resulting from flow-induced vibrations is a safety issue for several nuclear power plant …