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Design and Dynamic Analysis of Pipeline Dredging Devices

Zhong Chen^1,2,*, Yalin Wang^1,2, Yue Li²

1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, 223003, China
2 School of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, 223003, China

* Corresponding Author: Zhong Chen. Email:

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Computational Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics in Intelligent Manufacturing and Material Processing)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2023, 19(6), 1349-1367. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2023.024513

Received 31 May 2022; Accepted 13 September 2022; Issue published 30 January 2023

Abstract

In order to improve the efficiency as well the adaptability and operability of traditional devices used to dredge drainage pipelines a new design is presented here, obtained by matching the structural specifications of a drainage pipeline with the working principle of a high-pressure water jet (HPWJ). To effectively improve the water jet nozzle performances, the nozzle’s structural parameters of the proposed device have been analyzed through Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The corresponding behavior of the fluids inside and outside the self-rotational nozzle has been numerically simulated. The final design for the nozzle has been optimized taking into account such results.

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