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　Senliang Dai,Derong Duan,Xin Liu,et al.Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration of Underwater Manipulator Under Shear Flow[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2025,(5):959-969.[doi:10.1007/s11804-025-00641-4]
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Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration of Underwater Manipulator Under Shear Flow

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Title:
Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration of Underwater Manipulator Under Shear Flow
Author(s):
Senliang Dai1;  Derong Duan1;  Xin Liu2;  Huifang Jin1;  Hui Zhang1;  Xuefeng Yang1
Affilations:
Author(s):
Senliang Dai1;  Derong Duan1;  Xin Liu2;  Huifang Jin1;  Hui Zhang1;  Xuefeng Yang1
1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China;
2. Zibo Non-public Sector Development Center, Zibo 255000, China
Keywords:
Underwater manipulator|Shear flow|Vortex-induced vibration|Spectral analysis|Vibration response
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DOI:
10.1007/s11804-025-00641-4
Abstract:
The position deviation of the underwater manipulator generated by vortex-induced vibration (VIV) in the shear flow increases relative to that in the uniform flow. Thus, this study established an experimental platform to investigate the vibration characteristics of the underwater manipulator under shear flow. The vibration response along the manipulator was obtained and compared with that in the uniform flow. Results indicated that the velocity, test height, and flow field were the main factors affecting the VIV of the underwater manipulator. With the increase in the reduced velocity (Ur), the dimensionless amplitudes increased rapidly in the in-line (IL) direction with a maximum of 0.13D. The vibration responses in the cross-flow (CF) and IL directions were concentrated at positions 2, 3 and positions 1, 2, with peak values of 0.46 and 0.54 mm under Ur = 1.54, respectively. In addition, the vibration frequency increased with the reduction of velocity. The dimensionless dominant frequency in the CF and IL directions varied from 0.39–0.80 and 0.35–0.64, respectively. Moreover, the ratio of the CF and IL directions was close to 1 at a lower Ur. The standard deviation of displacement initially increased and then decreased as the height of the test location increased. The single peak value of the standard deviation showed that VIV presented a single mode. Compared with the uniform flow, the maximum and average values of VIV displacement increased by 104% and 110% under the shear flow, respectively.

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Received date:2024-7-4;Accepted date:2024-8-28。<br>Foundation item:Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51905211) and the "20 Regulations for New Universities" of Jinan (No. 202228116).<br>Corresponding author:Derong Duan,E-mail:me_duandr@ujn.edu.cn
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