Waterhammer tests in a long PVC pipeline with short steel end sections

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Litostroj Power d.o.o., Litrostrojska 50, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2 School of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University, China.

3 Engineering Department, Jundi Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran.

4 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Abstract

An experiment featuring waterhammer in viscoelastic pipes is presented in which the effects of pipe-wall viscoelasticity on waterhammer pressures are investigated. A large-scale pipeline apparatus made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, has been used to carry out waterhammer experiments. Tests have been conducted in a reservoir-pipeline-valve system consisting of a main viscoelastic pipeline and two short steel pipes placed upstream and downstream of the main pipe. Rapid closure of a manually operated valve at the downstream end generates waterhammer. Repeated measurements at several positions along the pipeline have been recorded; these are plotted in figures and appropriately interpreted.

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Journal of Hydraulic Structures
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2013
Pages 24-36

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