Abstract: Turbulence intensity profiles are compared for smoothand rough-wall pipe flow measurements made in the Princeton Superpipe. The profile development in the transition from hydraulically smooth to fully rough flow displays a propagating sequence from the pipe wall towards the pipe axis. The scaling of turbulence intensity with Reynolds number shows that the smoothand rough-wall level de...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to study the structure of extruded polyethylene (PE) pipe. During extrusion, the outer surface of the pipe was cooled with water. Two cross sections, parallel and transverse to the extrusion direction, were examined in order to spatially follow the structural development during extrusion. The morphology revealed was spherulitic, and the spherulites had a m...

In this paper, wall thinning having values of 3 to 80% pipe thickness were detected significantly. In the experiment, a microwave network analyzer was employed to generate microwave signals propagating in the pipe where the frequency was swept from 47.38 to 47.47 GHz. By building up a resonance model for the microwave signals propagating in the pipe, and by analyzing the resonance results of th...

Accurate prediction of erosion thickness is essential for pipe engineering. The objective of the present paper is to study the temperature distribution in an eroded bend pipe and find a new method to predict the erosion reduced thickness. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations with FLUENT software are carried out to investigate the temperature field. And effects of oil inlet rate, oil in...

Abstract The analyzed electrohydraulic servo valve is jet pipe type, is one of the mechatronics component used for precision flow control application. It consists of several precision and delicate components. For the analysis the jet pipe assembly of servovalve is identified and conducted a direct-solution steady-state dynamic analysis to study the response of the system for harmonic excitation...

This paper presents an eddy-current-based technique for imaging the solidification of molten metal inside a metal pipe. This technique is motivated by the fact that the ac (alternating current) impedance seen from a solenoid placed outside the pipe is dependent on the distribution of the solidification inside the pipe provided that the ac frequency is properly chosen and the overall thickness o...

welding produces residual stresses and distortion, having detrimental effect on structure integrity and service performance of the welded pipe joints. this paper investigates residual stresses and distortion during gas metal arc welding (gmaw) of pipes of schedule 40 and 60, nominal diameter 100mm and 200mm and thickness 8mm and 10mm with ansi flanges of class 300#. welding parameters including...

The flow characteristics of aqueous foams were studied in a thin flow channel and a round pipe instrumented for pressure gradient and flow rate measurements. The quality of the foam was varied by controlling the volumetric flow rate of liquid and gas, and different flow types were identified and charted. Uniform foams move as a rigid body lubricated by water generated by breaking foam at the wa...

As part of the ongoing research on finned L-shape heat pipes for electronic cooling, the present work focuses on the optimization of the thickness and permeability of wick structure of L-shape heat pipe, using different working fluids. DOptimal Designs Software is used to obtain the optimal solution to align the competing parameters such as the working fluid properties, thickness of the wick an...