Abstract
The effect of crack shape on the leak flow characteristics in pipelinesis investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. In the present study, two different crack shapes are considered: axial crack andcircumferential crack. The present simulation results showed that under the same crack area, the aspect ratio influences the leak rate. When the aspect ratio is1, the leak rate reaches the minimum value. Moreover, the leak rate in the circumferentialcrack is slightly larger than that in the axial crack. The change in the leak rateaccording to the crack shape could be explained by the different velocitydistributions at the leak position depending on the aspect ratio.
| Translated title of the contribution | Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Crack Shape on Leak Flow Characteristics in Pipelines |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 238-242 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | 한국생산제조학회지 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |