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In the paper by Yu et al. [1] a study on the dynamic stability of periodic pipes conveying fluids is reported. The authors utilize the transfer matrix method developed by Ma et al. [2] to treat the pipe's periodicity in geometric and/or material properties in view of the pipe's dynamic stability. In particular, the pipe consists of a finite number of binary repetition cells containing alternating segments: segment A of length lA and segment B of length lB, so that the lattice constant is a = lA + lB. The authors of Ref. [1] note the “need to validate the correctness of the transfer matrix method for the periodic pipe.” They argue: “Because no other work appears in the open literature on the stability of a periodic pipe system conveying fluid, the algorithm will be validated by calculating...
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