Abstract: The dynamic response of liquid flow systems may be grossly affected by motion of the system’s structural supports. Pressure and flow perturbations within the flow system provide the driving ...

Abstract: For most piping systems the maximum and minimum operating pressures occur during transient operations. Therefore it is essential to good design and operation to perform a transient analysis for normal startup and shutdown ...

Abstract: The suggested practice of using single point test data to construct a “straight line” (i.e., hydraulically scaled) water supply plot is investigated herein. It is shown that this widely used practice may lead to large ...

Abstract: Variable-speed pumps are becoming increasingly commonplace in the water distribution industry, replacing conventional fixed-speed pumps. While the principal benefit is reduced energy consumption and power costs, there are ...

Abstract: A general methodology is presented for use in the design of water distribution networks. The proposed approach is conceptually useful for certain applications. The approach is based on recasting the basic set of hydraulic ...

Abstract: An explicit algorithm is presented for directly determining a variety of design, operating, and calibration parameters for pipe networks. The problem solution is based on the reformulation of the steady‐state network ...

Abstract: In order to improve the reliability of hydraulic network models as well as eliminate the need for trial‐and‐error calibration methods, an explicit calibration algorithm is proposed. The calibration algorithm is formulated ...