Detection of partial blockages in a branched piping system by the frequency response method

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1106-1114

  Mohapatra, Pranab K ^a   Chaudhry, M Hanif ^d   Kassem, Ahmed ^b   Moloo, Jamaluddin ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Branched piping system; Frequency domain; Partial blockage; Peak pressure frequency diagram; Steady oscillatory flow; Transfer matrix method

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED PIPING SYSTEMS; PARTIAL BLOCKAGE; PEAK PRESSURE FREQUENCY DIAGRAMS; STEADY OSCILLATORY FLOW; TRANSFER MATRIX METHODS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

STEADY FLOW;

EID: 33750081122     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2238880     Document Type: Article

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