Hydraulics/Fluid Mechanics a.y. 2020-2021
FLOW IN PIPING SYSTEMS
Prof. Stefania Espa
DICEA-SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME
CIVIL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
BATCHELOR IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENGINEERING
RIETI
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, FLOWS IN PIPING SYSTEMS: Introduction
Flows in pipelines and are commonly encountered in our industrialized societies
and may be divided into two main types according to their size:
large-scale piping systems (i.e. potable water, transporting chemicals and other
industrial liquids) and smaller piping systems (i.e. in hydraulic controls, in
heating and air conditioning systems).
In this section we’ll focus on incompressible steady flows in rigid piping
Piping systems are composed of elements and components: pipe elements are
reaches of constant-diameter piping, the components consist of valves bends,
reducers, or any other device that may create a (local) loss to the system. In
addition to components and elements, we have to consider also machines
interacting with the fluid i.e. pumps (adding energy to the system) and turbines
(extracting energy). The elements and components are linked at junctions.
Several simple pipe systems, including series, branch, and parallel
configurations, will be analyzed. We’ll discuss the main possible categories of
problems.
FLOW IN PIPING SYSTEMS
Prof. Stefania Espa
DICEA-SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME
CIVIL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
BATCHELOR IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENGINEERING
RIETI
All images uploaded are for educational purposes
, FLOWS IN PIPING SYSTEMS: Introduction
Flows in pipelines and are commonly encountered in our industrialized societies
and may be divided into two main types according to their size:
large-scale piping systems (i.e. potable water, transporting chemicals and other
industrial liquids) and smaller piping systems (i.e. in hydraulic controls, in
heating and air conditioning systems).
In this section we’ll focus on incompressible steady flows in rigid piping
Piping systems are composed of elements and components: pipe elements are
reaches of constant-diameter piping, the components consist of valves bends,
reducers, or any other device that may create a (local) loss to the system. In
addition to components and elements, we have to consider also machines
interacting with the fluid i.e. pumps (adding energy to the system) and turbines
(extracting energy). The elements and components are linked at junctions.
Several simple pipe systems, including series, branch, and parallel
configurations, will be analyzed. We’ll discuss the main possible categories of
problems.
