Contact force measurement method
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYoichi Iwamoto, Masaaki Katayama
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Abstract
There is provided a method for measuring a contact force applied to each tube constituting a tube bundle disposed in a fluid from a vibration damping member by using a probe inserted into each tube. Characteristic data defining a relationship between a value measured by the probe and the contact force is previously prepared. Then, the probe is inserted into the tube, and the contact force is calculated using the measurement value of the probe, based on the characteristic data.
Claims9
A contact force measurement method for measuring, in a vibration damping structure in which a tube bundle disposed in a fluid is supported by a vibration damping member inserted between tubes included in the tube bundle, a contact force applied to the tube bundle from the vibration damping member by a probe inserted into each tube, the method comprising:
- a characteristic data preparation step of previously preparing characteristic data defining a relationship between a value measured by the probe and the contact force;
- a measurement value acquisition step of inserting the probe into the tube and acquiring a measurement value measured by the probe;
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- a contact force calculation step of calculating the contact force corresponding to the measurement value, based on the characteristic data.
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