Systematic Surge Protection for Worst-Case Transient Loadings in Water Distribution Systems

Estimating appropriate water demands for the design of a distribution system is itself difficult, but the continuously fluctuating nature of these demands has the added potential of creating water hammer problems that might result in catastrophic pipeline or system failure. To first identify and then avoid these eventualities, this paper searches a predefined set of possible water hammer events in water distribution systems to identify the most …