NUMERICAL SIMULATION ON TYPICAL PARTS EROSION OF THE OIL PRESSURE PIPELINE

Abstract

Unscheduled shut-downs of oil pipeline caused by erosion have great negative influence on production efficiency of enterprises. In this article, a computational fluid dynamics software is applied to simulate flow in bend and sudden expansion pipe to analyze erosion distribution of inner wall under different conditions.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2013-01-18
  • Revision Date2013-04-26
  • Acceptance Date2013-04-28
  • Online Date2013-12-28

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1305349W

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