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Fluctuation of air-water two-phase flow in horizontal and inclined water pipelines
, Article Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME ; Volume 129, Issue 1 , 2007 , Pages 1-14 ; 00982202 (ISSN) ; Borghei, S. M ; Saidi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
2007
Abstract
Air in water flow is a frequent phenomenon in hydraulic structures. The main reason for air entrainment is vortices at water intakes, pumping stations, tunnel inlets, and so on. The accumulated air, in a conduit, can evolve to a different flow pattern, from stratified to pressurized. Among different patterns, slug is most complex with extreme pressure variations. Due to lack of firm relations between pressure and influential parameters, study of slug flow is very important. Based on an experimental model, pressure fluctuations inside a circular, horizontal, and inclined pipe (90 mm inside diameter and 10 m long) carrying tow-phase air-water slug flow has been studied. Pressure fluctuations...
Pressure - Leakage relation in urban water distribution systems
, Article Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Pipeline Engineering and Construction: New Pipeline Technologies, Security and Safety, Baltimore, MD, 13 June 2003 through 16 June 2003 ; Volume 1 , 2003 , Pages 304-312 ; 0784406901 (ISBN); 9780784406908 (ISBN) ; Ghazali, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology
American Society of Civil Engineers Texas Section
2003
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Due to increase of per capita water usage, water supply costs and population growth rate; optimal usages of available resources are vital. This is especially important in developing countries. If we add water resource deficits to the above problems, its importance duplicates. One of the ways of using resources optimally is utilizing transferred water in distribution systems properly and preventing its loss. Unaccounted for water (UFW) is an indicator of water loss in most cities. A big part of UFW is due to leakage of pipeline in distribution systems. Researchers have found direct relation between leakage and pressure in distribution systems. Earlier works have shown a series of laboratory...
Condition Monitoring of Water Pipelines by Using Acoustic Method a Study of Leak Detection in ABFA
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Mostafavi, Mostafa (Supervisor)
Abstract
Water is crucial to human being. We use water for a wide variety of uses daily. However, leakage has caused substantial water loss to our precious processed water. The major contributor to non-revenue water in Iran is pipeline leakages. The water industry in the nation has invested in equipment to detect and localize leaks in water distribution systems. One of the equipment mentioned is acoustic-based. The principle of acoustic is that whenever a leak is present in a pipeline, noise is generated and will travel along the pipeline. The acoustic leak detection method is then derived by calculating the distance traveled by this noise generated by the leak. Different equipment based on acoustic...
Thickness optimization of polyurethane floor insulation based on analysis of the heat transfer in a multi-layer
, Article ASME 2014 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2014 ; Vol. 3, issue , 2014 ; Saidi, M. H ; Reshadi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
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During the year, due to weather conditions, the temperature fluctuations at surface level cause problems in underground pipes as a result of freezing water. One of the best prevention strategies is the use of polyurethane floor insulation for keeping the temperature of clay above zero degrees Celsius. In this study to calculate the minimum thickness of polyurethane insulation layer, the differential equation of energy is solved based on principle of separation of variables using imaginary eigenvalues for consistency with the temperature distribution in multi-layer consist of asphalt, gravel and polyurethane with finite thickness and clay as a semiinfinite medium with periodic thermal...
Dynamic simulation of natural gas transmission pipeline systems through autoregressive neural networks
, Article Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research ; Volume 60, Issue 27 , 2021 , Pages 9851-9859 ; 08885885 (ISSN) ; Bozorgmehry Boozarjomehry, R ; Sahlodin, A. M ; Sin, G ; Mansouri, S. S ; Sharif University of Technology
American Chemical Society
2021
Abstract
Transmission of natural gas from its sources to end users in various geographical locations is carried out mostly by natural gas transmission pipeline networks (NGTNs). Effective design and operation of NGTNs requires insights into their steady-state and, particularly, dynamic behavior. This, in turn, calls for efficient computer-aided approaches furnished with accurate mathematical models. The conventional mathematical methods for the dynamic simulation of NGTNs are computationally intensive. In this paper, the use of autoregressive neural networks for cost-effective dynamic simulation of NGTNs is proposed. Considering the length, diameter, roughness, and elevation as the main...
Collision-free path planning of a novel reconfigurable mobile parallel mechanism
, Article International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, ICROM 2015, 7 October 2015 through 9 October 2015 ; 2015 , Pages 389-394 ; 9781467372343 (ISBN) ; Kazemi, H ; Masouleh, M. T ; Novin, R. S ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2015
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This paper initially deals with the design of a new customized reconfigurable mobile parallel mechanism. This mechanism is called "Taar Reconfigurable ParaMobile (TRPM)", consisting of three mobile robots as the main actuators. Then, the kinematics and path planning for this mechanism are represented. The newly proposed mechanism is expected to circumvent some shortcomings of inspection operation in unknown environments with unexpected changes in their workspace, e.g., in a water pipe with non-uniform section area. In this paper, "Artificial Potential Field (APF)" has been assumed to be the path planning algorithm and its resulting attractive and repulsive forces are only applied to the...
Collision-free path planning of a novel reconfigurable mobile parallel mechanism
, Article Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science ; Volume 231, Issue 20 , 2017 , Pages 3728-3742 ; 09544062 (ISSN) ; Tale Masouleh, M ; Kazemi, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
This paper initially deals with the design of a new customized reconfigurable mobile parallel mechanism. This mechanism is called the 'Taar Reconfigurable ParaMobile' (TRPM), consisting of three mobile robots as the main actuators. Then, the kinematics and path planning for this mechanism are presented. The newly proposed mechanism is expected to circumvent some shortcomings of inspection operation in unknown environments with unexpected changes in their workspace, for example, in a water pipe with a non-uniform cross-sectional area. In this paper, 'Artificial Potential Field' (APF) has been assumed to be the path planning algorithm and its resulting attractive and repulsive forces are only...
Chebyshev collocation spectral lattice boltzmann method in generalized curvilinear coordinates
, Article Computers and Fluids ; Volume 146 , 2017 , Pages 154-173 ; 00457930 (ISSN) ; Hajihassanpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
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In this work, the Chebyshev collocation spectral lattice Boltzmann method is implemented in the generalized curvilinear coordinates to provide an accurate and efficient low-speed LB-based flow solver to be capable of handling curved geometries with non-uniform grids. The low-speed form of the D2Q9 and D3Q19 lattice Boltzmann equations is transformed into the generalized curvilinear coordinates and then the spatial derivatives in the resulting equations are discretized by using the Chebyshev collocation spectral method and the temporal term is discretized with the fourth-order Runge–Kutta scheme to provide an accurate and efficient low-speed flow solver. All boundary conditions are...