The physical principles of water hammer are explained in this volume. The basic mathematical methods of solution of water hammer and ways of limiting its effects are covered. Detailed description is given of the method of characteristics and the corresponding programs for personal computers, which enables solution of water hammer in a wide variety of hydraulic systems encountered in practice. Examples are given of solution of water hammer of common pipe-line systems as well as calculation of the steady state of flow, the determination of discharge through a pipe-line, measurements of characteristics of valves, pumps, turbines, determination of the operating régime of a valve in order to ensure a desired pressure and discharge curve, etc. This book will be of interest to those civil, mechanical and petroleum engineers dealing with the design and operation of hydraulic systems.
Author(s): Josef Záruba (Eds.)
Series: Developments in Water Science 43
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 3-362
Content:
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Page 3
Copyright page
Page 4
Preface
Pages 11-12
J. Záruba
List of symbols
Pages 13-20
1 Water hammer
Pages 21-36
2 Basic equations
Pages 37-42
3 Solution of the basic equations
Pages 43-48
4 Parameters of the basic equations
Pages 49-67
5 Damping devices
Pages 68-88
6 Pressure devices
Pages 89-119
7 Calculation of water hammer
Pages 120-153
8 Calculation of the steady state
Pages 154-162
9 Input data file
Pages 163-215
10 WTHD program for creating the input data file
Pages 216-222
11 output of the results
Pages 223-228
12 Reduction of water hammer
Pages 229-233
13 WTHM program for the calculation of water hammer
Pages 234-246
14 Examples of the calculation of water hammer
Pages 247-331
Appendix A Subprograms for the damping and pressure devices
Pages 333-351
Appendix B List of files on WTHM diskette
Page 352
References
Pages 353-358
Index
Pages 359-362
