PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lukáč, Peter
AU  - Horbaj, Peter
AU  - Sedláková, Jarmila
TI  - Options to Evaluate The Effects of a Change in the Shape of the Flow Cross-Section of a Ball Valve on Its Flow Control Properties
DP  - 2014 Mar 31
TA  - Acta Mechanica Slovaca
PG  - 38--43
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
AID - 10.21496/ams.2014.005
IS  - 13352393
AB  - This article examines the possibility of the application of numerical methods in the determination of valve characteristics. Using a prototype ball valve with an elliptical closing element as an example, comparisons were made between the measured and numerically simulated flow rate and pressure differential values of the valve. This method can be applied in the process of designing the control characteristics of valves.