Abstract: The waterhammer equations can be used to compute mass inventory changes for pipeline leak detection. In such applications the pipeline is monitored continuously in time and there is no clear ...

Abstract: The maximum pressure head resulting from one-speed closure of wide open valves is investigated. The dimensionless variables formulated in this study make the subtle effect of the initial valve ...

Abstract: A system’s response to an impulse can be used to detect and diagnose abnormalities. The impulse response can be extracted by using cross-correlations between a low amplitude pseudo random binary ...

Abstract: The dynamic interaction between solids and fluid for homogeneous slurries during the passage of pressure waves is investigated by assuming the solids to be ellipsoidal in shape. An alternative formula for the acoustic wave ...

Abstract: The Hazen-Williams equation is used widely in water supply and sanitary engineering. This equation uses a constant, the Hazen-Williams

Abstract: A method is proposed to improve the accuracy of the approximation commonly used with the friction term in the water hammer equations. This method partially corrects the truncation error of the friction integral by incorporating ...

Abstract: A model is formulated to describe the unsteady motion of a lengthening rigid water column filling an empty pipeline with an undulating elevation profile. The model gives time histories of the water column's length, velocity, ...