Abstract:Documented thermowell failures designed to PTC 19.3TW and earlier, when evaluated with the drag crisis invoked, reveals the potential for enhanced reliability of the current standard in reducing the risk of failure. The code calculation remains largely intact apart from a conservative Strouhal number in conjunction with Reynolds number criteria marking the onset and terminus of the drag crisis.
While the drag crisis presents a number of challenges in the selection of thermowells as the conditions that govern the supercritical Strouhal number such as the intensity of turbulence, a simple comparison insures safe evaluations.
While the drag crisis presents a number of challenges in the selection of thermowells as the conditions that govern the supercritical Strouhal number such as the intensity of turbulence, a simple comparison insures safe evaluations.
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