Abstract
This paper investigates the application of the centre implicit method for the determination of the pressure transient in a pipeline, and compares the results with those obtained using the method of characteristics and an experimental investigation. The study shows that there are unique values for the stability criterion (ratio of the linear and time increments) and the artificial viscosity term (a damping factor) used in the numerical computation. The time step and the number of nodes required for the accuracy of the method have been considered. The centre implicit method can be readily adapted to transient flow with variable wave speed provided the established conditions are used.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 395-406 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Computational methods
- Pipelines
- Pressure Transients
- Waterhammer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics