Pressure surge in building utility services exacerbated by the presence of trapped or entrained air

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-196

  Swaffield, J A ^a   Ballanco, J ^b   McDougall, J A ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JB Engineering and Code Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ENTRAINED AIR; PRESSURE SURGE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT PROPAGATION; ST VENANT EQUATION;

BUILDING COMPONENTS;

EID: 0036031661     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0143624402bt042oa     Document Type: Article

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