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Graphical Methods

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Analysis of Surge

Part of the book series: Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics ((CEH))

Abstract

Before the introduction of electronic digital computers, the accurate use of finite difference methods was very time-consuming and tedious. Consequently a number of ‘time-saving’ graphical methods were developed. In practice these methods all take quite a long time to carry out, and they cannot compare in accuracy with numerical methods performed by computers.

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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). Graphical Methods. In: Analysis of Surge. Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00160-6_14

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