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Computer simulation of transient gas flows in complex round pipes

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A computer model and algorithms for predicting and analyzing the transient incompressible gas flows in standard assemblies of complex round pipes are developed. It is shown that the vibrational safety and reliability of complex pipes are most reasonable to provide by using the three-dimensional computer simulation of the distribution of velocities, pressures, and temperatures over different sections of the pipe. It is shown that the developed three-dimensional computer model and obtained results can be used for calculating the integral indices of transient gas flows in assemblies of complex pipes.

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Original Russian Text © O.B. Butusov, V.P. Meshalkin, 2008, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2008, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 88–99.

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Butusov, O.B., Meshalkin, V.P. Computer simulation of transient gas flows in complex round pipes. Theor Found Chem Eng 42, 85–95 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579508010119

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