Objectives  The fluid-conveying pipes may vibrate under external excitation. In order to reduce the vibration of the fluid-conveying pipes and study the vibration-reduction characteristics of the Dynamic Vibration Absorber(DVA),

  Methods  the receptance matrix of the multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF)system of the additional spring-mass system was derived based on the passive modification method in the receptance method, and the zero assignment of the target DOF in the multi-DOF system was performed to suppress the corresponding vibration under the target DOF. On this basis, a DVA was designed and applied to the fluid-conveying pipes for experiments to verify its vibration-reduction effect.

  Results  The results show that the designed DVA can well absorb the vibration at the target frequency, and the vibration reduction is better for a larger tuned mass when the target frequency is the same.

  Conclusions  Such DVA is convenient to install and has a wide application range, which can provide a certain reference for pipe vibration reduction research.