Analysis of PVC Pipe-Wall Viscoelasticity during Water Hammer

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1389-1394

  Soares, Alexandre Kepler ^a,b   Covas, Dídia I ^b   Reis, Luisa Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydraulic transients; Pipe networks; Polyvinyl chloride; Viscoelasticity; Water hammer

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CREEP; PIPING SYSTEMS; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER HAMMER; WATER PIPELINES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RHEOLOGY; TESTING; TRANSIENTS; VISCOSITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER ANALYSIS;

CREEP FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS; PIPE NETWORKS; PIPE WALLS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPES; PRESSURE DATA; TRANSIENT MODEL; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; VISCOELASTICS; WATER-HAMMER;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PIPE;

ATTENUATION ,; CREEP FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; INVERSE TRANSIENT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MECHANICAL TENSILE TESTS; MECHANICAL TESTING; NUMERICA L RESULTS; OBSERVED DATA; PIPE NETWORKS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPES; PVC PIPES; RESEARCH WORKS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; WATER HAMMER;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; POLYMER; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 50049135370     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:9(1389)     Document Type: Article

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