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Simulation of Pipeline Dynamics Using an Optimized Finite Element Model
Kazushi Sanada
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
Received:February 10, 1999Accepted:April 2, 1999Published:August 20, 1999
Keywords:simulation, modeling, pipeline dynamics, fluid power systems, unsteady flow
Abstract
Applying finite element approximation to basic equations of pipeline dynamics, we propose an optimized finite element model written as a state space equation having a state variable vector of flows and pressures at intersecting grid points. The model accepts various forms of friction. We propose an augmented model including unsteady laminar friction rewritten as a state space equation. A model generator program is developed to calculate coefficient matrices of the state space equation of the model. Using the program, the model is compatible with block-diagram-based simulation software. Use of the model is shown by experiment and simulation examples. Transient pressures of a closed-end pipe were measured experimentally and used to validate simulated results of the optimized finite element model. Fuel injection was simulated using commercial simulation software to demonstrate model use.
Cite this article as:K. Sanada, “Simulation of Pipeline Dynamics Using an Optimized Finite Element Model,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.11 No.4, pp. 283-288, 1999.Data files:
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