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Pressure waves propagation in hydraulic networks

Elia Altimani

Pressure waves propagation in hydraulic networks.

Rel. Luca Ridolfi, Riccardo Vesipa. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Physics Of Complex Systems (Fisica Dei Sistemi Complessi), 2022

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Abstract:

Water hammer is a little-studied and often neglected phenomenon in hydraulic networks, caused by the propagation of pressure waves originating from the sudden closure of a valve, that can damage irreversibly the pipelines and other structures of the network. The system studied in this work of thesis is a square lattice hydraulic network, with a reservoir on one vertex and a valve on each of the other nodes, that can be closed to study the consequent water hammer effect. After analyzing the data obtained from different simulations of the phenomenon, a toy model based on network approach is developed to understand the underlying mechanisms of pressure wave propagation in a network and, finally, identify the cases in which such model provides a good prediction of the simulation results.

Relatori: Luca Ridolfi, Riccardo Vesipa
Anno accademico: 2022/23
Tipo di pubblicazione: Elettronica
Numero di pagine: 61
Soggetti:
Corso di laurea: Corso di laurea magistrale in Physics Of Complex Systems (Fisica Dei Sistemi Complessi)
Classe di laurea: Nuovo ordinamento > Laurea magistrale > LM-44 - MODELLISTICA MATEMATICO-FISICA PER L'INGEGNERIA
Aziende collaboratrici: Politecnico di Torino
URI: http://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/id/eprint/25454
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