Pipe Surge and water Hammer

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Make: Arm Field

Model: (UPV) PL-200PE

  • Demonstrates pipe surge caused by gradual valve operation.
  • Models both elastic and rigid water column theory.
  • Enables determination of maximum and minimum surge pressures
  • Demonstrates fundamental concepts of unsteady fluid flow
  • Failure analysis of industrial and municipal pipelines under transient loading
Water Hammer application, change in pressure of the liquid, Pipe surge, etc.
Room No.: GDN G10 GD Naidu Block
Fluid Machinery Lab School of Civil Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore.
Dr. M. Uma Shankar
Professor (Grade 2)
Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore - 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India

Email: mumashankar@vit.ac.in || Mobile: +91 9840591011
Instrument Email ID: sce.pswh@vit.ac.in
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