552 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The first of its kind, this modern, comprehensive text covers both analysis and design of piping systems. The authors begin with a review of basic hydraulic principles, with emphasis on their use in pumped pipelines, manifolds, and the analysis and design of large pipe networks. After the reader obtains an understanding of how these principles are implemented in computer solutions for steady state problems, the focus then turns to unsteady hydraulics. These are covered at three levels:

    INTRODUCTION
    REVIEW OF FUNDAMENTALS
    The Fundamental Principles
    Head Loss Formulas
    Pump Theory and Characteristics
    Steady Flow Analyses
    MANIFOLD FLOW
    Introduction
    Analysis of Manifold Flow
    A Hydraulic Design Procedure
    PIPE NETWORK ANALYSIS
    Introduction
    Equations Systems for Steady Flow in Networks
    Pressure Reduction and Back Pressure Valves
    Solving the Network Equations
    Concluding Remarks
    DESIGN OF PIPE NETWORKS
    Introduction
    Large Branched Systems of Pipes
    Looped Network Design Criteria
    Designing Special Components
    Developing a Solution for any Variables
    Higher Order Representations of Pump Curves
    Sensitivity Analysis
    EXTENDED TIME SIMULATIONS AND ECONOMICAL DESIGN
    Introduction
    Extended Time Simulations
    Elements of Engineering Economics
    Economic Network Design
    INTRODUCTION TO TRANSIENT FLOW
    Causes of Transients
    Quasi-Steady Flow
    True Transients
    ELASTIC THEORY OF HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS (WATER HAMMER)
    The Equation for Pressure Head Change ?H
    Wave Speed for Thin-Walled Pipes
    Wave Speeds in Other Types of Conduits
    Effect of Air Entrainment on Wave Speed
    Differential Equations of Unsteady Flow
    SOLUTION BY METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS
    Method of Characteristics, Approximate Governing Equations
    Complete Method of Characteristics
    Some Parameter Effects on Solution Results
    PIPE SYSTEM TRANSIENTS
    Series Pipes
    Branching Pipes
    Interior Major Losses
    Real Valves
    Pressure Reducing Valves
    Wave Transmission and Reflection at Pipe Junctions
    Column Separation and Released Air
    PUMPS IN PIPE SYSTEMS
    Pump Power Failure Rundown
    Pump Startup
    NETWORK TRANSIENTS
    Introduction
    Rigid-Column Unsteady Flow in Networks
    A General Method for Rigid-Column Unsteady Flow in Pipe Networks
    Several Pumps Supplying a Pipe Lilne
    Air Chambers, Surge Tanks and Standpipes
    A Fully Transient Network Analysis
    TRANSIENT CONTROL DEVICES AND PROCEDURES
    Transient Problems in Pipe Systems
    Transient Control
    Each chapter also includes problems
    REFERENCES
    APPENDIX A: NUMERICAL METHODS
    APPENDIX B: PUMP CHARACTERISTIC CURVES
    APPENDIX C: VALVE LOSS COEFFICIENTS

    Biography

    Bruce E. Larock