Fluid-Structure Interaction in Transient-Based Extended Defect Detection of Pipe Walls
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) on the efficiency of transient-based reflections analysis (TBRA) applied to the detection of extended deteriorations in a reservoir-pipe-valve system. A waterhammer-with-FSI solver, based on the method of characteristics (MOC) and the finite-element method (FEM), is used and validated against available numerical and experimental results. Analytical expressions for the magnitudes of pressure reflections caused by FSI are derived. They tell how the system parameters affect FSI. The results obtained for the considered situation reveal that both pipe wall vibration (FSI) and pipe wall deteriorations may affect transient pressure in a similar, and possibly indistinguishable, way. Neglecting FSI in TBRA would skew the estimated locations, lengths, and numbers of the deteriorations in systems with considerable pipe wall axial vibration, thus making TBRA a more complicated method in flexible pipe systems.
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Volume 146 • Issue 4 • April 2020
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Received: Dec 13, 2018
Accepted: Jul 17, 2019
Published online: Jan 28, 2020
Published in print: Apr 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Jun 28, 2020
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