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Graphical Analysis

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Abstract

When pressure head is plotted against velocity for the passage of a waterhammer wave past a fixed point in a pipe, a straight line is always obtained. The slope of the line is ± λ since by Joukowski’s law (equation 3.8) h = ‒λΔυ.

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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 Analysis. In: Analysis of Surge. Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00160-6_6

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