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Simplifed Water Hammer Calculation
Thanks stanier, I'll look those things up. Mike- Mike11s
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- Forum: Valve engineering
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Simplifed Water Hammer Calculation
That's right, I made a mistake with the direction of the safety factor. I know, I know... tired I suppose! Also yes that's correct the method does not account for valve characteristics - you need to experiment with valve closure rates to ensure a constant pressure increase rate, or modify the...- Mike11s
- Post #5
- Forum: Valve engineering
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Simplifed Water Hammer Calculation
Just one more thought on the water hammer thread - it's true that the correct and standard method is a highly professional task, separating harmonic DE's as per the method of characteristics, but there is an easy approximation that does just as well: For a slow control operation such as closing...- Mike11s
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- Forum: Valve engineering
