RESEARCH OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE NUMBER OF THREADS AND THE LENGTH OF THE LOOP ON THE CHANGE OF THE GAS PIPELINE CAPACITY

The scientific problem of finding the optimal length of loop to maximize the throughput of a complex gas pipeline with parallel threads of the same diameter, provided that all bridges are opened, has been solved. Using the method of cost coefficients, the change in the capacity of the multi-thread main gas pipeline was determined in the case of all open and closed bridges and the presence of loop at the end of one of the sections. It was established that for the number of parallel threads, which does not exceed four, the optimal loop length will be 2/3 of the geometric length of the sections.