“…In order to meet the promise of being able to predict FIV in a realistic reactor environment, further developments are needed (Roelofs et al, 2019;Roelofs, 2020). Moderate deformations are considered part of normal conditions, contrasting off-normal conditions like blockages or accident scenarios (Buckingham et al, 2017;Pacio et al, 2018). This paper limits itself to normal operating conditions and will focus on how tube deformation affects FIV behavior.…”