Research Communication | Open Access
Volume 2019 | Communication ID 113
Volume 2019 | Communication ID 113
| Modeling the effect of fluids on the integrity of pipelines subjected to dynamic loads |
Zakaria Mighouar, Laidi Zahiri, Khalifa Mansouri, Zayer El Majid
Received |
Accepted |
Published |
Jan 27, 2019 |
Feb 26, 2019 |
Mar 01, 2019 |
Abstract: Steel pipelines used in pressurized fluid transportation can be damaged due to mechanical interactions with external objects that may lead to leak or rupture of the structure and cause a human, economic and environmental disaster. In a pipeline network, pump failure, pipe ruptures or sudden change of state of the valve (opening or closing) creates transient flows that generates a pressure pulse [1], [2] which could generate pipeline vibrations and burst the pipe [3]-[5]. This phenomenon is called water hammer. To model water hammer phenomenon provoked by instantaneous valve ...