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The effect of temperature on the viscoelastic behavior of chicken meat frankfurters was assessed by creep recovery tests. Compression creep-recovery tests were performed at room temperature (20°C) and refrigeration (5°C) on samples of cylindrical shape. The viscoelastic behavior of samples was characterized based on the parameters of the four-element Burgers Model. During the compression phase, greater deformation was observed in samples analyzed at higher temperature, and it was demonstrated by a drop in elastic modulus and internal viscosity values of Kelvin–Voigt elements with an increase in temperature. The final percentage recovery of frankfurter samples decreased with an increase in temperature. The differences in compliance between samples analyzed at different temperatures can be attributed to temperature-induced changes in the properties of frankfurter fat.

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The fluid induced vibration in fluid conveying pipes can cause fatigue and failure in the system. Therefore, controlling these unwanted vibrations and suppressing the vibrations of the fluid conveying pipe is important. In this paper by considering the passive vibration absorber for the fluid conveying pipe, the influence of the vibration absorber parameters on the dynamic behavior of the system is investigated. The governing equations of motion are obtained via the Newton’s second law, and analytical solutions for the characteristic equation and mode shapes of the system are obtained through the power series method. After verifying the obtained results, the effect of the vibration absorber parameters and the fluid flow velocity on the vibration behavior of the fluid conveying pipe have been investigated. Results show that by increasing the absorber mass, the effect of absorber on decreasing the oscillations amplitude is diminished. At different fluid velocities, the oscillation amplitude of the system can be reduced considerably by specifying proper values of the absorber parameters. At velocities near the critical velocity, where the oscillation amplitude reaches a maximum value, using a suitable vibration absorber may reduce the maximum oscillations amplitude of the system by 98%. The method presented in current study can be easily generalized to design passive vibration absorber for fluid conveying pipes with different boundary conditions.