The paper deals with the development of experimental benches designed with the aim of producing test cases of transients flow through different types of junctions both in non-cavitating and cavitating conditions. The non-cavitating test cases consist in a rapid depressurization of a reservoir to which a pipe network containing the junction is connected while in the cavitating test cases the same pipe network is discharged towards an open-air reservoir by means of an ad hoc very rapid opening valve apparatus. First of all the experimental data allowed for a deeper insight on the subject from a phenomenological point of view. Then the recorded pressure time histories have been used to validate the numerical results of a code which solves the flow by means of a 1D model suitable to describe unsteady friction and cavitating phenomena. In the code the discrete gas-cavity model (DGCM) introduced by Provoost and Wylie is integrated in the method of characteristics and the junctions are modeled using a standard constant pressure approach improved with the gas cavity model.
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ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
July 11–15, 2004
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division and Fluids Engineering Division
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0-7918-4692-X
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Analysis of Cavitating and Non-Cavitating Transient Flow in Pipelines Connected by Junctions
C. M. Bartolini,
C. M. Bartolini
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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F. Caresana,
F. Caresana
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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L. Pelagalli
L. Pelagalli
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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C. M. Bartolini
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
F. Caresana
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
L. Pelagalli
Universita` Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Paper No:
HT-FED2004-56622, pp. 765-775; 11 pages
Published Online:
February 24, 2009
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Bartolini, CM, Caresana, F, & Pelagalli, L. "Analysis of Cavitating and Non-Cavitating Transient Flow in Pipelines Connected by Junctions." Proceedings of the ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference. Volume 3. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. July 11–15, 2004. pp. 765-775. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT-FED2004-56622
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