Simulation of transient flow in pipelines for computer-based operations monitoring

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-275

  Emara Shabaik, H E ^a   Khulief, Y A ^a   Hussaini, I ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fluid flow in pipelines; Numerical methods; Pipeline leak simulation; Real time monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIMULATORS;

TRANSIENT FLOW;

PIPELINES;

FLUID FLOW; LEAK DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PIPE FLOW; PIPELINE; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 0942299823     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.636     Document Type: Article

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