Computational fluid dynamic simulation of small leaks in water pipelines for direct leak pressure transduction

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-123

  Ben Mansour, R ^a   Habib, M A ^a   Khalifa, A ^a   Youcef Toumi, K ^b   Chatzigeorgiou, D ^b  

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

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Leak detection; Pressure transduction; Water pipelines

Indexed keywords

3D TURBULENT; CFD CODES; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; GRADIENT VARIATIONS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE SIGNAL; PRESSURE TRANSDUCTION; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LEAK DETECTION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER PIPELINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84857031115     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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