Generalized Flexible Method for Simulating Transient Pipe Network Hydraulics

Characteristic solution methods, namely the method of characteristics (MOC) and wave characteristics method (WCM), are widely used for simulating transient pipe network flows. Because the MOC computes solutions at interior nodes, it features higher spatial resolution, whereas the WCM makes simplifications that yield more efficient computations. Practical analyses require numerical methods that are both accurate and computationally efficient. To …