Modern civilization depends on the transport of liquid and gases in systems of pipes, just as humans depend on the transport of blood through arteries and veins 1. As fluids move through pipes, they ...

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 91, No. 623 (Nov. 2, 1914), pp. 46-53 (16 pages) ...

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The banging of pipes often heard when a faucet is turned off or on is called “water hammer” and is due to the sudden arrest or reversal of direction of the water flow. Water hammer is a phenomenon ...