Abstract— Head losses are very common in penstock trifurcations. In this paper, six cases of 3D asymmetric trifurcations have been modeled with main pipe length & diameter of 1.3716m & 0.0254m, respectively and branch pipe lengths & diameters of 0.762m & 0.0196m, respectively. Volumetric flow rates, velocity magnitudes, dynamic and total pressure contours and their values have been computed. Energy loss coefficients have been computed for branch pipes for an input air velocity of 3m/s by pressure data obtained from the CFD analysis. The maximum values of velocity magnitude, dynamic and total pressures are observed in the branch-2 and head losses in branch-2 are relatively less.
Keywords— Head losses, Energy loss coefficients, 3D asymmetric trifurcations.
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