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Study on the Calibration System of Flow Meters in Partly Filled Pipes (비만관 유량계 교정 시스템 구축에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Sung-Ho;Lee, Dong-Rak;Lee, Min-Soo
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.12a
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2005
  • Flow meters in partly filled pipes are set up and run in Korea now days, but there are no standard calibration procedures for the flow meters in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, the standard calibration procedure based on the standard calibration procedures for flow meter in closed conduits and the technical notes of flow meter's makers is developed. the measurement uncertainty of the calibration for the flow meter in partly filled pipes is evaluated.

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Investigation of Pressure Drop for a Pseudo-plastic Fluid Flow in Isosceles Triangle Pipes (이등변삼각형 단면을 갖는 파이프 내의 Pseudo-Plastic 유체유동에 대한 압력강하의 연구)

  • Lee, D.R.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2009
  • Numerical Calculations for dimensionless pressure drop (friction factor times Reynolds number) have been obtained for fully developed laminar flow of MPL(Modified Power Law) fluid in isosceles triangle pipes. The solutions are valid for Pseudoplastic fluids over a wide range from Newtonian behavior at low shear rates through transition region to power law behavior at higher shear rates. The analysis identified a dimensionless shear rate parameter which for a given set of operating conditions specifies where in the shear rate range a particular system is operating, i.e., Newtonian, transition or power law region. The numerical calculation data of the dimensionless pressure drop for the Newtonian and power law regions are compared with previously published asymptotic results presenting within 0.16 % in Newtonian region and 2.98 % in power law region.

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Vibration and stability of fluid conveying pipes with stochastic parameters

  • Ganesan, R.;Ramu, S. Anantha
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.313-324
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    • 1995
  • Flexible cantilever pipes conveying fluids with high velocity are analysed for their dynamic response and stability behaviour. The Young's modulus and mass per unit length of the pipe material have a stochastic distribution. The stochastic fields, that model the fluctuations of Young's modulus and mass density are characterized through their respective means, variances and autocorrelation functions or their equivalent power spectral density functions. The stochastic non self-adjoint partial differential equation is solved for the moments of characteristic values, by treating the point fluctuations to be stochastic perturbations. The second-order statistics of vibration frequencies and mode shapes are obtained. The critical flow velocity is first evaluated using the averaged eigenvalue equation. Through the eigenvalue equation, the statistics of vibration frequencies are transformed to yield critical flow velocity statistics. Expressions for the bounds of eigenvalues are obtained, which in turn yield the corresponding bounds for critical flow velocities.

Eigenvalue Branches and flutter Modes of Pipes on Elastic Foundations (탄성기초위에 놓인 파이프의 고유치 분기와 플러터 모드)

  • 류봉조;류시웅;김희중
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.486-491
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    • 2003
  • The paper presents the relationship between the eigenvalue branches and the corresponding flutter modes of cantilevered pipes conveying fluid. The pipes are located on elastic foundations which can be regarded as a soil model. In this paper, elastic foundations are assumed as linear distributed translational springs. Governing equations of motion are derived by extended Hamilton's principle, and the numerical scheme using finite element method is applied to obtain the discretized equations. The critical How velocity and stability maps of the pipe are investigated according to the variation of elastic foundation parameters, mass ratios of the pipe and internal damping Parameter. Also, the vibrational modes associated with flutter are shown.

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Instability of pipes and cables in non-homogeneous cross-flow

  • Riera, Jorge D.;Brito, J.L.V.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 1998
  • The vibrations of bodies subjected to fluid flow can cause modifications in the flow conditions, giving rise to interaction forces that depend primarily on displacements and velocities of the body in question. In this paper the linearized equations of motion for bodies of arbitrary prismatic or cylindrical cross-section in two-dimensional cross-flow are presented, considering the three degrees of freedom of the body cross-section. By restraining the rotational motion, equations applicable to circular tubes, pipes or cables are obtained. These equations can be used to determine stability limits for such structural systems when subjected to non uniform cross-flow, or to evaluate, under the quasi static assumption, their response to vortex or turbulent excitation. As a simple illustration, the stability of a pipe subjected to a bidimensional flow in the direction normal to the pipe axis is examined. It is shown that the approach is extremely powerful, allowing the evaluation of fluid-structure interaction in unidimensional structural systems, such as straight or curved pipes, cables, etc, by means of either a combined experimental-numerical scheme or through purely numerical methods.

CFD APPLICATION TO THE REGULATORY ASSESSMENT OF FAC-CAUSED CANDU FEEDER PIPE WALL THINNING ISSUE

  • Kang, Dong-Gu;Jo, Jong-Chull
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.37-48
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    • 2008
  • Flow fields inside feeder pipes have been simulated numerically using a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) code to calculate the shear stress distribution, which is the most important factor in predicting the local regions of feeder pipes highly susceptible to FAC (flow-accelerated corrosion)-induced wall thinning. The CFD approach, with schemes used in this study, to simulate the flow situations inside the CANDU feeder pipes has been verified as it showed a good agreement between the investigation results for the failed feedwater pipe at Surry unit 2 plant in the U.S. and the CFD calculation. Sensitivity studies of the three geometrical parameters, such as angle of the first and second bends, length of the first span between the grayloc hub and the first bend, and length of the second span between the first and the second bends have been performed. CFD analysis reveals that the local regions of feeder pipes of Wolsung unit 1 in Korea, on which wall thickness measurements have been performed so far, are not coincident with the worst regions predicted by the present CFD analysis located in the connection region of straight and bend pipe near the inlet part of the bend intrados. Finally, based on the results of the present CFD analysis, a guide to the selection of the weakest local positions where the measurement of wall thickness should be performed with higher priority has been provided.

Dynamic stability of nanocomposite Mindlin pipes conveying pulsating fluid flow subjected to magnetic field

  • Esmaeili, Hemat Ali;Khaki, Mehran;Abbasi, Morteza
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.67 no.1
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    • pp.21-31
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    • 2018
  • In this work, the dynamic stability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced composite pipes conveying pulsating fluid flow is investigated. The pipe is surrounded by viscoelastic medium containing spring, shear and damper coefficients. Due to the existence of CNTs, the pipe is subjected to a 2D magnetic field. The radial induced force by pulsating fluid is obtained by the Navier-Stokes equation. The equivalent characteristics of the nanocomposite structure are calculated using Mori-Tanaka model. Based on first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) or Mindlin theory, energy method and Hamilton's principle, the motion equations are derived. Using harmonic differential quadrature method (HDQM) in conjunction with the Bolotin's method, the dynamic instability region (DIR) of the system is calculated. The effects of different parameters such as volume fraction of CNTs, magnetic field, boundary conditions, fluid velocity and geometrical parameters of pipe are shown on the DIR of the structure. Results show that with increasing volume fraction of CNTs, the DIR shifts to the higher frequency. In addition, the DIR of the structure will be happened at lower excitation frequencies with increasing the fluid velocity.

Vibration and Dynamic Stability of Pipes Conveying Fluid on Elastic Foundations

  • Ryu, Bong-Jo;Ryu, Si-Ung;Kim, Geon-Hee;Yim, Kyung-Bin
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.2148-2157
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    • 2004
  • The paper deals with the vibration and dynamic stability of cantilevered pipes conveying fluid on elastic foundations. The relationship between the eigenvalue branches and corresponding unstable modes associated with the flutter of the pipe is thoroughly investigated. Governing equations of motion are derived from the extended Hamilton's principle, and a numerical scheme using finite element methods is applied to obtain the discretized equations. The critical flow velocity and stability maps of the pipe are obtained for various elastic foundation parameters, mass ratios of the pipe, and structural damping coefficients. Especially critical mass ratios, at which the transference of the eigenvalue branches related to flutter takes place, are precisely determined. Finally, the flutter configuration of the pipe at the critical flow velocities is drawn graphically at every twelfth period to define the order of the quasi-mode of flutter configuration.

Eigenvalue Branches and Flutter Modes of a Cantilevered Pipe Conveying Fluid and Having a Tip Mass (말단질량을 갖는 외팔 송수관의 고유치 분기와 플러터 모드)

  • Ryu, B.J.;Ryu, S.U.;Lee, J.W.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.13 no.12
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    • pp.956-964
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    • 2003
  • The paper describes the relationship between the eigenvalue branches and the corresponding flutter modes of cantilevered pipes with a tip mass conveying fluid. Governing equations of motion are derived by extended Hamilton's principle, and the numerical scheme using finite element method is applied to obtain the discretized equations. The flutter configurations of the pipes at the critical flow velocities are drawn graphically at every twelfth period to define the order of quasi-mode of flutter configuration. The critical mass ratios, at which the transference of the eigenvalue branches related to flutter takes place. are definitely determined. Also, in the case of haying internal damping, the critical tip mass ratios, at which the consistency between eigenvalue braches and quasi-modes occurs. are thoroughly obtained.