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Assumptions/Design Criteria:
Inlet Diameter of penstock pipe is 1500mm
Inlet Diameter of Branch pipe is 1100 mm
Tentative Gross Head in each anchor block is measured as head difference between
full head pond level and center line of pipe for each anchor block
Surge Head is taken as 35 % of total head
Corrosion allowance of 2mm thickness for all calculated thickness
Material for pressure pipe is considered as IS 2062 E 250 Grade BR with factor of
safety 2 and 2.5.
Safety factor against buckling with external water or grouting pressure is no less than
1.5
Pressure pipe capable of resisting external pressure of 0.5 bar
1.1 Description
Turbine Testing Lab
1. Hydraulic Analysis
i) Mesh Description:
Length of pipe assumed: 10D (‘D’ refers to the inlet diameter of pipe,
1500 mm for penstock pipe and 1000mm for branch pipe)
Inlet boundary Condition: 8400 kg/s (Mass flow rate inlet)
Outlet boundary Condition: Pressure Head Downstream(Referring to
Waterways AUTOCAD Drawing)
Wall: No slip wall condition
Convergence Criteria: 1e-4 residue
Figure 3 Pressure and fully developed velocity distribution for flow in pipe
Figure above shows the results from the CFD simulations for penstock pipe at Section D.
Other sections are evaluated using similar boundary conditions and coupled with the
material and thickness defined pipe for structural analysis.
The summary of the flow conditions defined at the outlet of penstock pipe is given in the
design summary and evaluated similarly for each section.
2. Structural Analysis
Turbine Testing Lab
Section FOS Equivalent Stress Remarks
A Accepted
B Revised
with
thickness
10mm
C Revised
with
thickness
14mm
D Revised
with
thickness
18mm
E Accepted
F Revised
with
thickness
14mm