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Waterhammer, Surge Tanks and Open Channel Surge

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Analysis of Surge

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In the following pages we deal with some aspects of hydraulic transients— the variations of flow and pressure which occur when one steady state changes to another steady state.

I saw him beat the surges under him

And ride upon their backs.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK

    John Pickford M.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E.

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Pickford, J. (1969). Waterhammer, Surge Tanks and Open Channel Surge. In: Analysis of Surge. Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00160-6_1

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