A numerical investigation into the behaviour of leak openings in UPVC pipes under pressure

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2005: Water Management for the 21st Century

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 75-

  Cassa, A M ^a   van Zyl, J E ^a   Laubscher, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Failures; Leakage; Pipes; Pressure; Stress; uPVC pipes; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LEAKAGE (FLUID); PIPE; PRESSURE; STRESSES; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CIRCULAR HOLES; CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKS; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; EFFECT OF WATER; LONGITUDINAL CRACKS; METHOD OF FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

CRACKS;

EID: 60749111273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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