Pipelines work in serious vibration environments caused by mechanical-based excitation, and it is thus challenging to put forward effective methods to reduce the vibration of pipelines. The common vibration control technique mainly uses the installation of dampers, constrained layer damping materials, and an optimized layout to control the vibration of pipelines. However, the passive damping treatment has little influence on the low frequency range of a pipeline system. Active control technology can obtain a remarkable damping effect. An active constrained layer damping (ACLD) system with piezoelectric materials is proposed in this paper. This paper aims to investigate the vibration and damping effect of ACLD pipeline under fixed support. The finite element method is employed to establish the motion equations of the ACLD pipeline. The effect of the thickness and elastic modulus of the viscoelastic layer, the laying position, and the coverage of ACLD patch, and the voltage of the piezoelectric material are all considered. The results show that the best damping performance can be obtained by selecting appropriate control parameters, and it can provide effective design guidance for active vibration control of a pipeline system.

In the engineering field, severe vibration of the pipeline system occurs under random excitation, which leads to vibration failure of the pipeline system due to overload. The traditional method is to increase the rigidity of the pipeline system, and to avoid low-frequency resonance by using clamps or damping materials. However, due to structural limitations, it is difficult to apply clamps and damping materials. Particle damping technology has been applied in many fields, and the vibrational energy in the broadband frequency domain could be dissipated based on nonlinear particle collision damping. In this paper, a particle impact damper is designed for vibration reduction of the pipeline system. The damping capability is identified to investigate the effects of particle material, filling rate, particle size, damper structure, and boundary conditions. The results indicate that the ideal damping performance can be obtained by properly selecting particle parameters. Based on applying particle damping on the pipeline system, the proposed particle impact damper showed excellent damping capability under random excitation.

The basic structure of a pipeline is complex due to the narrow installation space of a pipeline system. Thus, a considerable number of complex pipelines are adopted in a pipeline system. When a hydraulic pipeline works, it is impacted by fluid, which produces vibration. It is necessary to implement an effective method to control the vibration of a pipeline system. In recent years, the research on active constrained layer damping (ACLD) technology is increasing. However, there are few studies on the vibration characteristics of the ACLD pipeline system conveying fluid. The damping and vibration characteristics of ACLD pipeline system conveying fluid are studied in this paper. Considered the influence of the fluid–structure interaction, the motion equations can be derived, and the finite element model established of the pipeline based on ACLD treatment. The effect of the elasticity modulus, the thickness of the viscoelastic and constrained layer, the length and position of the ACLD patch, the velocity and pressure of fluid, and the voltage for the constrained layer, are all considered. The results show that ACLD technology has great damping influence on the conveying fluid pipeline.

Multiphase flows are widely used to transport solid–liquid mixtures in oil and gas fields. The pipeline structures used can suffer damage from the high-pressure sand-carrying fracturing fluid, causing erosion and wear failures in the engineering field. In this work, an erosion model that considers particle turbulent kinetic energy and the effect of the design’s structural parameters on the erosion wear of spatial pipe structures is established using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Structural parameters such as the bending diameter ratio, bending angle and spatial angle are discussed, and the location and degree of each parameter with regard to the erosion rate are obtained. The results show that the included angle of the pipe elbow has the greatest influence on erosion wear among the structural parameters. Several typical anti-erosion optimization models are compared and analysed, and a corrugated anti-erosion structure based on a bionic structure is further proposed. It is found that the anti-erosion performance of the T-type blind long header pipe is better in terms of the numerical value of the erosion rate, while for the erosion cloud diagram, the anti-erosion performance of the corrugated structure is superior. Finally, some suggestions for the application of the anti-erosion structure in the engineering field are given, and technical support is provided for the anti-erosion structure design and practical application of space pipeline systems in the future.

The structure of pipeline systems is complex, and the working environment is harsh. Under the excitation of the engine equipment foundation and pump fluid, it is easy to generate excessive vibration, which seriously affects the safe operation of the equipment. Particle damping achieves structural vibration suppression through the principle of particle collision dissipation. Due to the drawbacks of traditional pipeline vibration reduction methods, this article introduces a particle damping technology for pipeline system vibration suppression and designs particle dampers based on the structural characteristics of pipelines. We analyzed the energy dissipation mechanism of particle damping, revealed the influence of the materials, structure, external excitation, and other parameters of the pipeline particle dampers on the energy dissipation characteristics of the particle damping, established a pipeline vibration reduction test system with particle damping, and verified its effectiveness in pipeline system vibration reduction. This study can provide a technical reference for vibration reduction in pipeline systems.

A multi-branch pipeline is a typical structure, which is widely used in aerospace, marine and other hydraulic systems. The multi-branch pipeline suffers serious vibration from fluid–structure interaction, which can cause vibration failures in the pipeline system through overload in engineering fields. Vibrational analysis of the multi-branch pipeline system is increasing as part of the design of hydraulic system. In this paper, the finite element model of a multi-branch pipeline considering fluid—structure interaction is established, and the effectiveness of the modeling is validated through a comparison of the modal test for a typical four-way pipeline. The effects of the flow rate, pressure, fluid medium, pipe diameter, elastic constraint stiffness, and pipeline length and wall thickness on the dynamic characteristics of pipeline system are all considered. The obtained results indicate that the multi-branch junction suffering from significant vortex fluid is the main cause of fluid-induced vibration of the pipeline system. The fluid and structural parameters have great influence on the vibration characteristics of the pipeline, which can serve as an efficient tool in the design and maintenance of multi-branch hydraulic pipeline systems.