Fast numerical simulation for full bore rupture of pressurized pipelines

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1191-1201

  Mahgerefteh, Haroun ^a   Saha, Pratik ^a   Economou, Ioannis G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCARBONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DEPRESSURIZATION; FULL BORE RUPTURE; ISLE OF GRAIN DEPRESSURIZATION TESTS; PRESSURIZED PIPELINES;

PIPELINES;

HYDROCARBON;

HYDROCARBON PIPELINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RUPTURE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIPELINE; PRESSURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033063450     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450605     Document Type: Article

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