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Numerical Study of Trapped Solid Particles Displacement From the Elbow of an Inclined Oil Pipeline

Dingqian Ding^1,2, Yongtu Liang^1,*, Yansong Li^1,3, Jianfei Sun¹, Dong Han¹, Jing Liu⁴

1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China.
2 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
4 SINOPEC Sales Company South, China Branch, Guangzhou, 510620, China.
* Corresponding Author: Yongtu Liang. Email: liangyt21st@163.com.