Software for flow distribution in electronic rack structures
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Authors
Pieper, Ronald J.
Subjects
piping networks, laminar fluid flow, nonlaminar fluid flow
Advisors
Date of Issue
1994-09
Date
9/1/1994
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A FORTRAN CODE has been developed which predicts pressures and flow rates in a piping network for the regimes of laminar, transition, and turbulent flow. A novel and effective scheme for modeling the transition region between laminar and turbulent flow is demonstrated. A proposed linear indicator for the deviation from laminar behavior is introduced into the analysis in order to facilitate the computational task. Although the turbulent flow problem is inherently nonlinear, the method of analysis described herein, typically employed with linear electrical networks, is found to converge rapidly to an approximate solution without user-specified a priori guesses
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-EC-94-010
Sponsors
NPS Foundation Research
Funder
NPS Foundation Research
Format
iv, 43 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.