Adapter With Curved Inner Wall For Fluid Conduit Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid conduit couplings often create abrupt diameter changes, leading to flow resistance and poor performance over long runs due to their design for single industry standards.
Innovation Solution
The development of an adapter with a tapered inner wall that provides a gradual sloping transition between fluid conduits, allowing for a concentric coupling that minimizes obstacles and enhances aerodynamic flow, suitable for connecting pipes and hoses with varying diameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If existing couplings are designed for single industry standards with abrupt diameter changes, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but flow resistance increases and performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter employs a tapered inner wall design that creates a curved, gradual transition between different diameters rather than an abrupt step change. This curvature allows fluid to flow smoothly through the transition zone, reducing turbulence and energy loss while maintaining ease of manufacture through standard tapering processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter changes the geometric parameter of the inner wall from a stepped configuration to a tapered configuration. This parameter change transforms the abrupt diameter transition into a gradual one, reducing flow resistance and improving fluid dynamics while remaining manufacturable using conventional techniques.
2Device complexity
If existing couplings create abrupt changes in diameter, then device complexity is reduced, but flow performance deteriorates over long runs
Solution Approach 1:
The tapered inner wall introduces a curved transition geometry that improves fluid flow performance by eliminating abrupt changes. This curved design maintains relatively simple device structure while significantly enhancing flow characteristics over long conduit runs.
3Loss of energy
If adapter inner wall is tapered to provide gradual transition, then flow resistance is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The taper angle and transition length are optimized to balance flow performance benefits with manufacturability. By selecting appropriate parameter ranges, the design achieves significant flow resistance reduction while remaining compatible with standard manufacturing tolerances and processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The adapter facilitates a secure and efficient fluid flow by reducing flow resistance and obstacles, enabling seamless connections between conduits with different diameters, thereby improving the performance of fluid transfer systems.
Implementation Method 1
providing an aerodynamic flow path having reduced obstacles that would otherwise disrupt fluid flow
Implementation Method 2
The gradual sloping transition may be linear or curvilinear... providing an aerodynamic flow path having reduced obstacles that would otherwise disrupt fluid flow
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes an adapter configured to provide an interface between a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit. The adapter has an inner wall and an outer wall. The adapter has a first end configured to fit against a first inside wall of the first fluid conduit. The adapter also has a second end configured to fit against a second inside wall of the second fluid conduit. The inner wall of the adapter has a first curvilinear transition from a first inside diameter at a first opening of the first end to an intermediate diameter between the first and second ends. The inner wall of the adapter has a second curvilinear transition from a second inside diameter at a second opening of the second end to the intermediate diameter.