Water Hammer: Design Criteria
Water Hammer: Design Criteria
Water Hammer: Design Criteria
Design criteria :
H H0 L D t Qp = = = = = = 53.0 194.0 7349.0 500 8.0 900.0
m m m mm mm m3/ h
Pump head Static head Pipeline length Pipeline diameter = 0.500 m Pipe wall thickness = 0.0080 m Total flow ( pump delivery capacity )
0.25000
m 3 / sec
Pipe material :
0.19634
m2
V=
2- Wave velocity :
a = 1 ----------------------------------------------------1 D r x ( + E water t x E pipe )
1000 Kg/m 3
Water density
compression elastisity modulus ( young's modulus ) for water ( pa = n/m2). Tension elastisity modulus ( young's modulus ) for pipe material .( pa = n/m 2 ) Acceleration of gravity
1
a =
---------------------------------------------------------------- =
1 1000 x ( 2.05E+09 + 0.500 0.008 x 2.1 E+11 )
1128.36
m/sec
3- Period of vibration :
T= 2 x L -----------------a T= 2 x 7349.00 -------------------------- = 13.03 sec 1128.4
T : Period of vibration
4- Wave propagation :
Stage 1 : Depression wave Stage 2 : Depression return wave Stage 3 : High pressure wave Stage 4 : High pressure return wave
5- Time of closure
t:
Refering to the previous paragraph : At stages 1 and 2 of wave propagation a depression persist at one side of check valve ; so that the check valve still open at these stages . This mean :
t= T =
13.03 sec
a x V D h = -----------------g
146.5
L D V g
Pipeline length Pipeline diameter = 0.500 Mean water velocity in the pipe Acceleration of gravity
26.7 m
This pressure is supposed to be added to the static pressure plus the friction head loss :
H max = H static + D h
hammer + Dh friction
367.2 m