Reinforcement T-Joint Design and Structural Validation for a Hydroelectric Power Plant: Study Case

Branch pipe T-joints are used to connect and bifurcate hydraulic channels in big power plants size. These components submitted enormous strengths that must be counteracted by integrated structures the T-joint, for this case specified arrangement type "Nun neck". The main objective work is about validate structurally numerical analysis branch T-joint design with reinforcement “Nun Neck” operational established conditions channel design. structural was made following AISI Buried steel Penstocks ASME section VIII Div. 1 standards. simulation process Multiphysics Simulation Software, Ansys Workbench V 17. CAD model set as 1700 mm diameter flow 1200mm derivation. computational executed using mechanical structure module ANSYS V17.0 commercial version. boundary settings were based on internal pressure given 353.14 mWC fixed restrictions areas of contact pipe. Equivalent Von Mises stress contours determined looking state findings demonstrate proposed has failures had been reinforced civil works.