CLOSED CONDUITS II
CHAPTER 5 (3) - ROBERSON ET AL., WITH ADDITIONS
INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT
- DIRECT METHODS INVOLVE MEASURING THE
ACTUAL QUANTITY OF FLOW FOR A GIVEN
TIME INTERVAL.
- DIRECT VOLUME/WEIGHT MEASUREMENT:
VOLUME/WEIGHT IN A PERIOD OF TIME.
- INDIRECT METHODS MEASURE PRESSURE OR
OTHER VARIABLE RELATED TO RATE OF FLOW.
- FLOW THROUGH ORIFICES, VENTURI METERS,
AND FLOW NOZZLES.
- VELOCITY-AREA INTEGRATION METHOD:
- dQ = V dA
- WHERE
- dQ = INCREMENTAL DISCHARGE
- V = LOCAL VALUE OF VELOCITY
- dA = INCREMENTAL FLOW AREA
- IN A PIPE, AT RADIUS r, THE INCREMENTAL AREA
IS:
- dA = 2 π r dr
- THEREFORE:
- dQ = V 2 π r dr = 2 π V r dr
- Q MAY BE OBTAINED BY INTEGRATION.
- Q = ∫ dQ = ∫ 2 π V r dr = 2 π ∫ V r dr
- WHERE r VARIES FROM 0 to ro.
- VELOCITY SHOULD BE SYMMETRICAL IN PIPE.
ORIFICE
- A RESTRICTED OPENING THROUGH WHICH FLUID
FLOWS IS AN ORIFICE.
- THE ORIFICE CAN BE USED TO MEASURE FLOW
RATES.
- MINIMUM FLOW AREA THROUGH ORIFICE IS
ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN THE AREA OF
THE ORIFICE.
- AREA OF THE ORIFICE Ao
- MINIMUM FLOW AREA Aj
- CONTRACTION COEFFICIENT Cc = Aj /Ao
- CONTRACTION COEFFICIENT Cc = (dj/d)2
- CONTRACTION COEFFICIENT Cc = A2 /Ao
- AT LOW Re, Cc IS A FUNCTION OF Re.
- AT HIGH Re, Cc IS ONLY A FUNCTION OF THE
GEOMETRY OF THE ORIFICE.
- FIG. 5-20 SHOWS Cc AS A FUNCTION OF d/D,
WHERE D IS THE PIPE DIAMETER, FOR Red = 106.
- DISCHARGE EQUATION FOR THE ORIFICE:
- h1 + V12/(2g) = h2 + V22/(2g)
- V1A1 = V2A2
- h1 + [V22/(2g)](A2/A1)2 = h2 + V22/(2g)
- V22[1 - (A2/A1)2] = 2g (h1 - h2)
- V2 = { 2g (h1 - h2) / [1 - (A2/A1)2]} 0.5
- Q = A2V2 = A2 { 2g (h1 - h2) / [1 - (A2/A1)2] } 0.5
- Q = {Cc Ao/ [1 - (CcAo/A1)2] 0.5 } [2g (h1 - h2)] 0.5
- THIS EQUATION IS ONLY VALID AT HIGH Re.
- FOR LOW AND MODERATE Re, VISCOUS EFFECTS
MAY BE SIGNIFICANT.
- ADDITIONAL COEFFICIENT IS APPLIED.
- COEFFICIENT OF VELOCITY Cv:
- Q = {Cv Cc Ao/ [1 - (CcAo/A1)2] 0.5} [2g (h1 - h2)] 0.5
- THE PRODUCT Cv Cc IS CALLED THE DISCHARGE
COEFFICIENT Cd
- Q = {Cd Ao/ [1 - (CcAo/A1)2] 0.5 } [2g (h1 - h2)] 0.5
- THE FLOW COEFFICIENT K IS
- K = Cd / [1 - (CcAo/A1)2] 0.5
- THEREFORE:
- Q = K Ao [2g (h1 - h2)] 0.5
- Δh = h1 - h2
- Q = K Ao (2g Δh) 0.5
- THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE IS Δp = γΔh.
- FIG. 5-21 SHOWS EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINED
VALUES OF K AS A FUNCTION OF d/D AND REYNOLDS NUMBER
Red BASED ON ORIFICE SIZE.
- Ao = πd2/4
- Red = Vd/ ν = Qd/(Ao ν) = Qd/[(πd2/4) ν] = 4Q /(πd ν)
- K = Q / [Ao (2g Δh) 0.5]
- Red / K = [4Q /(πd ν)] / {Q / [Ao (2g Δh) 0.5]}
- Red / K = 4 Ao (2g Δh) 0.5 /(πd ν)
- Red / K = d2 (2g Δh) 0.5/ (d ν)
- Red / K = (2g Δh) 0.5(d / ν)
PROBLEM 1
-
TO DETERMINE Δh FOR DISCHARGE
Q THROUGH ORIFICE OF DIAMETER d AND PIPE
OF DIAMETER D, AND ν
1. Calculate Red = 4Q /(πd ν)
2. Obtain K from Fig. 5-21 for Red and d/D
3. Since Q = K Ao (2g Δh) 0.5
4. Δh = [Q/ (K Ao)] 2 / (2g)
PROBLEM 2
- TO DETERMINE Q FOR DROP Δh
THROUGH ORIFICE OF DIAMETER d AND PIPE OF
DIAMETER D, AND ν.
1. Calculate Red / K = (2g Δh) 0.5(d / ν)
2. Obtain K from Fig. 5-21 with Red / K and d/D
3. Solve for Q: Q = K Ao (2g Δh)0.5
EXAMPLE 5-9
- A 15-CM ORIFICE IS LOCATED IN A HORIZONTAL
24-CM WATER PIPE. WHEN THE DEFLECTION IN
THE WATER-MERCURY MANOMETER IS 25 CM,
WHAT IS THE DISCHARGE? ASSUME WATER
TEMPERATURE IS 20oC.
- SOLUTION
- MANOMETER EQUATION.
- SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF MERCURY: γHg/γw = 13.6
- SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF WATER: γw/γw = 1.
- CALCULATE HEIGHT OF WATER COLUMN Δh:
- P1 + γwh1 = P2 + γwh2 + γHgh
- P1 - P2 = γw(h2 - h1) + γHgh
- Δh = Δp/γw = - h + (γHg/γw) h
- Δh = Δp/γw = 12.6 h
- EVALUATE Δh = 12.6 × 0.25 = 3.15 M
- COMPUTE Red / K = (2g Δh)0.5(d/ ν) =
[(2) (9.81) (3.15)]0.5 (0.15 / 1.0 × 10-6 ) = 1.2 × 106
- COMPUTE d/D = 0.15/0.24 = 0.625
- FROM FIG. 5-21: K = 0.66
- Q = K Ao (2g Δh)0.5 =
0.66 [0.25 π (0.15)2] [(2) (9.81) (3.15)] 0.5
-
Q = 0.092 M3/S.
- ON THE OTHER HAND, ASSUME Q = 0.092 M3/S,
FIND Δh.
- CALCULATE Red = 4Q /(πd ν)
- Red = 4(0.092) /[(3.1416)(0.15)(1.0 × 10-6)] =
- Red = 780,918
- FOR d/D = 0.625, FROM FIG. 5-21: K = 0.66
- Δh = [Q/ (K Ao)] 2 / (2g) =
- Δh = {0.092/ [(0.66)(0.25)(3.1416)(0.15)2]}2/ (19.62)=
- Δh = 3.17 M (H2O) = 3.17/(13.6 - 1) = 0.251 M (Hg)
VENTURI METER
- THE ORIFICE IS SIMPLE, BUT THE HEAD LOSS IS
QUITE LARGE.
- IT IS LIKE AN ABRUPT ENLARGEMENT IN A PIPE.
- THE VENTURI METER OPERATES ON THE SAME
PRINCIPLE AS THE ORIFICE, BUT WITH A
SMALLER HEAD LOSS.
- THE LOWER HEAD LOSS RESULTS FROM
STREAMLINING THE FLOW PASSAGE.
- THE STREAMLINING ELIMINATES ANY THE JET
CONTRACTION BEYOND THE SMALLEST FLOW
SECTION.
- COEFFICIENT OF CONTRACTION Cc HAS A VALUE
OF UNITY.
- Q = {A2 Cd / [1 - (A2/A1)2] 0.5}
[2g (h1 - h2)] 0.5
- K = Cd / [1 - (A2/A1)2] 0.5
- Q = K A2 (2g Δh) 0.5
- THIS EQUATION IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THE
ORIFICE, BUT K IS MUCH HIGHER.
- K OBTAINED ALSO FROM FIG. 5-21.
- FOR THE VENTURI METER,
K APPROACHES 1 FOR HIGH Re AND
RELATIVELY SMALL d/D RATIOS (d/D = 0.4)
- K CAN EXCEED UNITY FOR LARGE
d/D RATIOS (d/D = 0.6).
FORCES AND STRESSES IN PIPES AND BENDS
- FORCES ON BENDS AND PIPE TRANSITIONS
- THERE IS A CHANGE IN MOMENTUM IN FLOW
AROUND A BEND.
- A MOMENTUM EQUATION IS USED TO
CALCULATE THE FORCES ACTING ON
BENDS AND TRANSITIONS.
- GENERAL MOMENTUM EQUATION:
- &sum Fsystem = ∑ V ρ (V • A)
- UNITS: N = [M/S] {[N/M3]/[M/S2]} [M3/S]
- THE FORCES ARE EXTERNAL FORCES SUCH
AS PRESSURE OF WATER, GRAVITY AND THE
UNKNOWN FORCE TO HOLD THE BEND IN PLACE.
- EQUATION WRITTEN IN SCALAR FORM:
- ∑ Fx = ρ Q (V2x - V1x)
- ∑ Fy = ρ Q (V2y - V1y)
- ∑ Fz = ρ Q (V2y - V1y)
EXAMPLE
- A 1-M DIAMETER PIPE HAS A 30o HORIZONTAL BEND AND CARRIES WATER (10oC) AT THE RATE OF
3 M3/S.
- PRESSURE IN THE BEND IS UNIFORM AT 75 kPa [75000 N/M2].
- THE VOLUME OF THE BEND IS 1.8 M3.
- THE METAL IN THE BEND WEIGHS 4 kN.
- WHAT FORCE MUST BE APPLIED TO THE BEND
BY THE ANCHOR TO HOLD THE BEND IN PLACE?
- ASSUME EXPANSION JOINTS PREVENT ANY
FORCE TRANSMITTAL THROUGH THE PIPE
WALLS.
- SOLUTION:
- SOLVE FOR THE X-COMPONENT OF THE FORCE:
- ∑ Fx = ρ Q (V2x - V1x)
- p1A1 - p2A2 cos 30o + Fanchor,x =
[(9810 N/M3)/(9.81 M/S2)] (3 M3/S) (V2x - V1x) (M/S)
- A1 = A2 = (π/4) D2 = 0.785 M2
- V2x = (Q/A2) cos 30o = (3/0.785) (0.866) = 3.31 M/S
- V1x = Q/A1 = 3/0.785 = 3.82 M/S
- p1A1 - p2A2 cos 30o + Fanchor,x = 3000 (3.31 - 3.82)
- p1A1 - p2A2 cos 30o + Fanchor,x = - 1530
- Fanchor,x = - 1530 - p1A1 + p2A2 cos 30o
- p1 = p2 = 75000 N/M2
- Fanchor,x = - 1530 - 75000 (A1 - A2 cos 30o)
- A2 cos 30o = 0.785 (0.866)
- Fanchor,x = -1530 - 75000 (0.785) (1 - 0.866)
- Fanchor,x = -1530 - 7890
- Fanchor,x = - 9420 N
- BOTH PRESSURE DIFFERENCE (-7890) AND
MOMENTUM DIFFERENCE (-1530) CAUSE
FORCE APPLIED BY ANCHOR TO THE BEND TO
BE NEGATIVE (NEGATIVE X, TO THE LEFT IN THE FIGURE).
- SOLVE FOR THE Y-COMPONENT OF THE FORCE:
- ∑ Fy = ρ Q (V2y - V1y)
- p2A2 sin 30o + Fanchor,y =
[(9810 N/M3)/(9.81 M/S2)] (3 M3/S) (V2y) (M/S)
- V2y = - (Q/A2) sin 30o = - (3/0.785) (0.5) = - 1.91 M/S
- NOTE THAT THE SIGN OF V2y IS NEGATIVE BECAUSE IT IS DOWNWARDS IN FIG B, OPPOSITE TO p2, WHICH IS UPWARDS, I.E., POSITIVE.
- A2 sin 30o = 0.785 (0.5) = 0.3925
- Fanchor,y = 3000 (-1.91) - 75000 (0.3925)
- Fanchor,y = -5730 - 29440 = - 35170 N
- BOTH PRESSURE DIFFERENCE (-29940) AND
MOMENTUM DIFFERENCE (-5730) CAUSE
FORCE APPLIED BY ANCHOR TO THE BEND TO
BE NEGATIVE (NEGATIVE Y, DOWNWARDS IN THE FIGURE).
- SOLVE FOR THE Z-COMPONENT OF THE FORCE:
- ∑ Fz = ρ Q (V2z - V1z)
- Wbend + Wwater + Fanchor,z = ρ Q (V2z - V1z) = 0
- - 4000 N - (9810 N/M3)(1.8 M3) + Fanchor,z = 0
- NOTE THAT FORCES ARE POSITIVE UP, IN THE
DIRECTION CONTRARY TO GRAVITY.
- Fanchor,z = 4000 + 17660 = 21660 N
- BOTH THE WEIGHT OF THE BEND (4000 N) AND THE
WEIGHT OF THE WATER (17600 N) CAUSE THE VERTICAL
FORCE APPLIED BY THE ANCHOR TO THE BEND
TO BE POSITIVE (UPWARDS, AGAINST GRAVITY).
- Fanchor = -9.42 i - 35.17 j + 21.66 k [KILONEWTONS]
CAVITATION EFFECTS
- CAVITATION OCCURS IN FLOWING LIQUIDS WHEN
THE FLOW PASSES THROUGH A ZONE IN WHICH
THE PRESSURE BECOMES EQUAL TO THE VAPOR
PRESSURE OF THE LIQUID, AND THEN THE FLOW
CONTINUES ON TO A REGION OF HIGHER PRESSURE.
- VAPOR BUBBLES FORM, AND WHEN THESE BUBBLES ENTER THE ZONE OF HIGH PRESSURE,
THEY COLLAPSE AND
CAN LEAD TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
- HIGH VELOCITY THROUGH VENTURI IS ACCOMPANIED BY REDUCED PRESSURE [FIG. 24 (a)].
- PIPE ELEVATION CHANGE AND HEAD LOSS
ALONG THE PIPE MAY LEAD TO NEGATIVE PRESSURES [FIG. 24 (b)].
- IN PUMPS, IF POWER IS INTERRUPTED, HGL CAN
FALL BELOW PIPE [FIG. 24 (c)].
- GOOD HYDRAULIC DESIGN NORMALLY
EXCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF CAVITATION.
- CAVITATION WILL OCCUR IF THE PRESSURE HEAD GETS CLOSE TO -33.9 FT (ABSOLUTE ZERO).
- (THE HYDRAULIC GRADE LINE IS AT ELEVATION -33.9 FT
BELOW THE POINT IN QUESTION).
- USBR RECOMMENDS THAT THE PRESSURE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE PIPE SYSTEM SHOULD BE GREATER THAN -1O FT.
PIPE STRESSES DUE TO INTERNAL PRESSURE
- IN THIN-WALLED PIPES, THE RATIO OF THICKNESS t TO DIAMETER D IS: t/D < 0.1
- ASSUME UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF STRESSES IN THE WALL OF A THIN-WALLED PIPE.
- FREE-BODY DIAGRAM: ∑ Fx = 0
- pDL = 2σ t L
- σ = pD / (2t)
- r = D/2
- σ = pr/t
- IN THIN-WALLED PIPES, THE STRESS σ IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATIO r/t.
- STRESS IN THICK-WALLED PIPES:
- r = radius to point inside pipe wall
- ri = inside radius
- ro = outside radius
- σ = [(pri2) /(ro2 - ri2)]
[1 + (ro2/r2)]
FLEXIBLE PIPE INSTALLATION (FOR STEEL OR
PLASTIC PIPES)
- IF THE SOIL AT THE SIDES IS WELL COMPACTED,
THE SIDE WALLS WILL CARRY A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE TOTAL LOAD:
- MARSTON FORMULA IS MODIFIED TO:
- W = C γsBdBc
- Bd = TRENCH WIDTH [M]
- Bc = CONDUIT DIAMETER [M]
- FIG 5-28 SHOWS COEFFICIENT C, AS A FUNCTION
OF SOIL AND H/Bd.
- THIS PROCEDURE FOR LOAD DETERMINATION
IS APPLICABLE WHEN PIPES ARE LAID IN
RELATIVELY NARROW TRENCHES: Bd < 2Bc
- IF Bd > 2Bc, THE CALCULATED LOAD WILL BE TOO LARGE, AND ANOTHER PROCEDURE MUST BE
USED.
- IF LIVE LOADS ARE A FACTOR, THEY TOO MUST
BE CONSIDERED.
THE STRENGTH OF RIGID PIPES
- THE STRENGTH OF RIGID PIPES SUCH AS
CONCRETE OR CLAY IS DETERMINED BY A
[STANDARD] THREE-EDGED BEARING TEST PERFORMED IN
THE LABORATORY.
- HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL FIELD STRENGTH OF THE PIPE WILL DEPEND
ON BEDDING CONDITIONS.
- THEREFORE, THE PIPE STRENGTH BASED ON LAB TEST IS
MODIFIED BY A LOAD FACTOR RELATING TO THE
TYPE OF BEDDING.
- FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A THREE-EDGE BEARING STRENGTH ON PIPE = 6500 LB/FT (FROM TEST).
- A FIELD-SUPPORTING STRENGTH WITH A CLASS C
BEDDING (FIG. 5-27) WOULD BE:
- 6500 × (LOAD FACTOR) = 6500 × 1.5 = 9750 LB/FT
- FACTOR OF SAFETY APPLIED: F.S. = 1.5
- S(SAFE) = S(3-EDGE) × (LOAD FACTOR)/(F.S.)
- IN THIS EXAMPLE: STRENGTH OF CONDUIT = 6500 (1.5)/1.5 = 6500 LB/FT.
Calleguas Brine Line under construction, Port Hueneme, California, August 2007.
- PVC IS USED EXTENSIVELY IN IRRIGATION AND
SEWER SYSTEMS.
- UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, PVC IS REINFORCED WITH
FIBERGLASS FOR ADDED STRENGTH.
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