scholarly journals Experiment and fitting calculation of migration critical velocity of small-sized sedaiment particles erosion in rainwater pipeline

Author(s):  
Cuiyun Liu ◽  
Yanzhi Chen ◽  
Yuting Yang ◽  
Jingqin Zhou ◽  
Yiyang Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract The migration critical velocity of small-sized sediment particles was investigated through experiments under different particle sizes, pipe wall roughness, and sediment thickness. Such experiments were carried out to simulate the erosion process of small-sized sediment particles in rainwater pipeline during rainfall. The mathematical models were established via quadratic fitting to calculate the critical velocity of migration. Results showed that small particles had powerful cohesive force, and aggregates had strong erosion resistance. So, for the small-sized particles (in the range of 0.33–0.83 mm), the smaller the particle size was, the larger the critical velocity was. When the pipe wall roughness was large, the ‘starting’ particle resistance was high. A large flow dynamic was needed to overcome such resistance. Thus, the critical velocity was great. The critical velocity was also large when the sediment thickness was large. The difference rate between the critical velocity calculated by mathematical models and the measured value was within the range of −3.60% to 5.33% and had good consistency. Under the research conditions, the critical velocity ranges of the four commonly used pipes, namely, plexiglass, steel/PVC, galvanized/clay, and cast iron pipes, were calculated.

Author(s):  
Cuiyun Liu ◽  
Wenke Lv ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
Yiyang Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract To explore the migration differences of sediments at the front, middle, and end sections of a storm sewer when scoured by water, and further evaluate the pollution load, the scouring process of sediments at different locations of a storm sewer was simulated and mathematical models were built to calculate the scouring rate. Results show that scouring rate is affected by sediment particle size, pipeline slope, sediment thickness, and water flow velocity. As the slope increased, scouring rate at the end section increased more obviously. The scouring rate at the front section slightly decreased with increasing sediment thickness, but opposite trends were observed at the middle and end sections. When the particle size (0.33 mm–0.83 mm) and flow velocity (0.15 m/s–0.65 m/s) increased within their ranges, scouring rate increased across all three locations. Models for calculating scouring rate were established via two data fitting. The calculated values were compared with measured values at a scouring time of 1 min. Under different particle sizes, the difference between the calculated and measured values at front, middle, and end sections were in the ranges of −0.63% to 0.63%, −0.01% to 0.02%, and −0.13% to 0.16%, respectively, all of which showed good consistency.


2018 ◽  
Vol 934 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-7
Author(s):  
P.A. Medvedev ◽  
M.V. Novgorodskaya

This work contains continued research carried out on improving mathematical models of the Gauss-Krueger projection in accordance with the parameters of any ellipsoid with the removal of points from the axial meridian to l ≤ 6° . In terms of formulae earlier derived by the authors with improved convergence for the calculation of planar rectangular coordinates by geodesic coordinates, the algorithms for determining the convergence of meridians on the plane and the scale of the image are obtained. The improvement of the formulae represented in the form of series in powers of the difference in longitudes was accomplished by separating spherical terms in series and then replacing their approximate sums by exact expressions using the formulae of spherical trigonometry. As in previous works published in this journal [7, 8], determining the sums of the spherical terms was carried out according to the laws of the transverse-cylindrical projection of the sphere on the plane. Theoretical studies are given and formulae are proposed for estimating the observational errors in the results of the derived algorithms. The maximum of observational errors of convergence of meridians and scale, proceeding from the specified accuracy of the determined quantities was established through analytical methods.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Yusupov ◽  
John Mathews ◽  
Takashi Maruyama ◽  
Adel Akchurin ◽  
Maksim Tolstikov ◽  
...  

In this paper, we discuss the main types of quasiperiodic variations in amplitudes of a reflected signal during vertical sounding of the ionosphere at middle latitudes. The initial experimental data is vertical sounding ionograms obtained by the Cyclone ionosonde. The ionosonde is located in Kazan (59°, 49°) and in standard mode allows us to receive one ionogram per minute. In the analysis, methods are used to visualize a large flow of ionograms in the form of final summary maps of the state of the ionosphere (A-, H-, As-maps). We give typical examples of quasiperiodic variations in amplitudes of a reflected signal in ionograms and on A-maps for various types of multipath beatings (polarization and due to signal scattering by ionospheric irregularities). Frequency properties of such beatings are used to estimate the difference in virtual reflection heights between modes of different polarizations with high accuracy, which makes it possible to refine the form of the electron density profile of the lower ionosphere. We have detected a phenomenon rare for the mid-latitude Es layer — beatings of two O modes with different virtual reflection heights. We also present features of quasiperiodic variations in amplitudes of a reflected signal on traces of the transient Es layer. We study possible causes of the appearance of such beatings.


Author(s):  
Syamsuri A M ◽  
Suriamihardja D A ◽  
Thaha M A ◽  
Rachman T

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1177-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Makarevitch ◽  
F. Honary ◽  
A. V. Koustov

Abstract. Data collected by the CUTLASS Finland HF radar are used to illustrate the significant difference between the cosine component of the plasma convection in the F-region and the Doppler velocity of the E-region coherent echoes observed at large flow angles. We show that the E-region velocity is ~5 times smaller in magnitude and rotated by ~30° clockwise with respect to convection in the F-region. Also, measurements at flow angles larger than 90° exhibit a completely new feature: Doppler velocity increase with the expected aspect angle and spatial anticorrelation with the backscatter power. By considering DMSP drift-meter measurements we argue that the difference between F- and E-region velocities cannot be interpreted in terms of the convection change with latitude. The observed features in the velocity of the E-region echoes can be explained by taking into account the ion drift contribution to the irregularity phase velocity as predicted by the linear fluid theory. Key words. Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities; plasma convection)


2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rais Ahmad ◽  
Sourav Banerjee ◽  
Tribikram Kundu

It is well known that cylindrical guided waves are very efficient for detecting pipe wall defects when pipes are open in the air. In this paper it is investigated how efficient the guided waves are for detecting pipe wall damage when the pipes are embedded in the soil. For this purpose guided waves were propagated through pipes that were buried in the soil by placing transmitters on one end of the embedded pipe and receivers on the other end. Received signals for both defect-free and defective pipes were recorded. Then the received signals were subjected to wavelet transforms. To investigate whether embedding the pipe in the soil makes it more difficult to detect the pipe wall defects, the same set of defective and defect-free pipes were studied before and after burying them in the soil. In both cases the defective pipes could be easily identified. Interestingly, contrary to the intuition, it was observed that under certain conditions defective pipes could be identified more easily in buried conditions. For example, the difference between the strengths of the initial parts of the received signal from defect-free and dented pipes was found to be greater for the buried pipes. Some qualitative justification for easier detection of buried dented pipes is provided.


Author(s):  
Maciej Gos

The general theory of relativity and field theory of matter generate an interesting ontology of space-time and, generally, of nature. It is a monistic, anti-atomistic and geometrized ontology — in which the substance is the metric field — to which all physical events are reducible. Such ontology refers to the Cartesian definition of corporeality and to Plato's ontology of nature presented in the Timaeus. This ontology provides a solution to the dispute between Clark and Leibniz on the issue of the ontological independence of space-time from distribution of events. However, mathematical models of space-time in physics do not solve the problem of the difference between time and space dimensions (invariance of equations with regard to the inversion of time arrow). Recent research on space-time singularities and asymmetrical in time quantum theory of gravitation will perhaps allow for the solution of this problem based on the structure of space-time and not merely on thermodynamics.


1994 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Barraclough

AbstractMagnetic observations made at the same site give valuable information about the time changes (the secular variation) of the geomagnetic field. This paper gives details of all known measurements of the geomagnetic field in and around Edinburgh since the earliest observation of magnetic declination (the difference between true and magnetic north) by George Sinclair in 1670. Early observations of the strength of the field were only relative measurements. Approximate conversion factors are derived to enable these data to be expressed in modern absolute units (nanoteslas). Observed values of declination, inclination and the horizontal intensity of the geomagnetic field are plotted and compared with values computed from mathematical models of the field covering the interval 1690 to 1990, inclusive. The earlier observations were not corrected for the effects of the rapidly varying magnetic fields caused by electric currents in the upper atmosphere. The consequences of this are estimated.


Author(s):  
C. Hartloper ◽  
K. K. Botros ◽  
J. Geerligs ◽  
H. Golshan ◽  
K. Jensen

The default roughness parameter values used in industry to determine the pressure loss through small diameter pipeline systems are much higher than the values employed in typical large diameter gas transmission and lateral systems. It is uncertain whether these higher roughness values are due to higher topological roughness of the internal wall of the small diameter pipes or if they are a result of other factors. Measurements were taken on 17 small diameter pipe samples in order to evaluate the pipe-wall roughness parameter. A model to calculate the effective roughness parameter, which takes into account pressure losses due to the measured roughness as well as internal welds and scaling, has been developed. The effective roughness parameter of these samples is found to range from 20.4μm to 62.9μm, an increase of 11.0μm to 23.3μm over the measured pipe-wall roughness parameter. This range of effective roughness parameters agrees well with the default range of 35μm to 65μm used in industry, as well as the literature quoted range for clean pipe of 40μm to 100μm. The measured roughness parameter on average increases with increasing nominal pipe size, a result that may be a characteristic of the extrusion or hot-rolling processes used to manufacture small diameter pipes. Additionally, there is a large variation in the measured roughness parameters of pipe samples of the same nominal pipe size, indicating that surface roughness can vary depending on the manufacturing source of these pipes.


Author(s):  
Parvin Chahardah-Cherik ◽  
Manoochehr Fathi-Moghadam ◽  
Sadegh Haghighipour

Abstract In this study, transient flow and partial blockage in polyethylene (PE) pipe network are investigated experimentally and numerically using the method of characteristics in the time domain considering pipe-wall viscoelasticity. The experiments were conducted on a PE pipe network with and without partial blockage. The experimental pressure signals were damped during a short period of time in the blockage-free case. The numerical model was calibrated by the inverse transient analysis (ITA). The hydraulic transient solver calibrated with one Kelvin–Voigt element showed good consistency with the experimental results. Partial blockages with different lengths and sizes were examined at different locations of the pipe network. Results reveal an increase in head loss, pressure signal damping, and phase shift with increase in blockage. In addition, the location and characteristics of blockages with different sizes were determined using the ITA in the pipe network.


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