TRANSIENT ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF WATER FLOW IN PIPE NETWORKS

N. M.  AL-Kishriwi; M. E.  Mashena; B. A.  Aburwin

doi:10.66411/jer.v7i7.412

Authors

N. M. AL-Kishriwi Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Al-Fateh University, Tripoli – Libya, P.O. Box 13276 Author
M. E. Mashena Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Al-Fateh University, Tripoli – Libya, P.O. Box 13276 Author
B. A. Aburwin Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Al-Fateh University, Tripoli – Libya, P.O. Box 13276 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66411/jer.v7i7.412

Keywords:

Transient flow, water hammer, Network analysis, Method of characteristics

Abstract

Transient problems associated with liquid flow in large networks are characterized as the main cause of high pressures, cavitation, vibration, and may also create different effects on pipes, harmless in some situations and destructive in others. The size of such effect depends highly on the physical configuration of the system under consideration, the mechanical components in the system and the physical properties of the pipe and flow material. this work presents, based on the method of characteristics, an Algorithm for analysis and simulation of different sources of transient in practical water pipeline network. The Algorithm is prepared in user-friendly computer package written in Visual Basic and can be operated under Windows Application.

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