The canonical problem of the fluid-conveying pipe and radiation of the knowledge gained to other dynamics problems across Applied Mechanics

The basic dynamics of pipes conveying fluid is reviewed, establishing why this system has become a model dynamical problem. The paper then discusses the radiation of the experience gained in studying this problem into other areas of Applied Mechanics, particularly other problems in fluid–structure interactions involving slender structures and axial flows; specifically the dynamics of (i) quasi-cylindrical bodies in axial flow or towed in quiescent fluid; (ii) cylindrical shells containing or immersed in axial flow; and (iii) plates in axial flow. Applications, some of them wholly unexpected when the work was done, are noted throughout.