Effects of Two-Dimensionality on Pipe Transients Modeling
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 121, Issue 12
Abstract
The paper discusses the rapid damping of pressure peaks in a water-hammer phenomenon after the end of a complete valve-closure maneuver. This effect is due to flow characteristics not considered when one-dimensional models are employed. Such an effect is linked to the cross-sectional velocity profiles, and therefore to the intrinsic two-dimensionality of the flow field. Applying a 2-D model, recently proposed in the literature, to expand the limited experimental data available with numerical results, useful information on the evolution of the velocity profiles during a transient has been obtained. Starting from an in-depth inspection of the terms in the momentum equation, an additional term is introduced to model the effects of the flow-field two-dimensionality in a 1-D formulation. Finally, the adequacy of a relationship previously proposed by the writers to evaluate the additional term is specifically showed for fast transients in the field of low-Reynolds-number flows when no cavitation occurs, even if its validity has been proven elsewhere for rather different conditions.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 121 • Issue 12 • December 1995
Pages: 906 - 912
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