Pressure Surges: 6th

I. Fluid - Structure Interaction. 1. Gas release in transient pipe flow. 2. Energy dissipation in the axially-coupled model for transient flow. 3. Fluid structure interaction and column separation in a straight elastic pipe. 4. Flexural waves in a close tube. 5. Simulation models of pressure-steps in very long hoses or pipes with visco-elastic walls. 6. Transients in liquid and structure in viscoelastic pipes. 7. Fluid structure interaction in compliant piping systems. 8. Fluid structure interaction in flexible curved pipes. 9. The great man-made river project. II. Modelling. 10. Pipe network transients-distributed and lumped parameter modeling. 11. Dynamic simulation of an infinite pipeline. 12. A comparison of numerical and exact solutions for pressure surge analysis. III. Hydro-Electric Power Plant. 13. Alto Lindoso hydraulic circuit: design and physical modelling. 14. Hydraulic transient studies of high head pumped storage power station with multiple units. 15. Auto self-closing valves: site measurements and analysis. 16. The solution to cavitation damage on draft tubes at Chicoasen Hydroelectric Power Plant. 17. Similarity of hydraulic transients. IV. Nuclear Plant. Damping of rapid transients by accumulator. 19. Computation of high-viscosity transient flow in small fractures. 20. Water hammer due to non-return valves. 21. Damped check valves for nuclear pressure vessel isolation. V. Pulsatile Flow. 22. The structure matrix method for stability analysis of hydroelectric power plants. 23. Elimination of disturbing and dangerous pressure oscillations caused by high pressure positive displacement pumps. 24. Resonances in the pipework of reciprocating pumps. A case study. 25. Computer simulation of the hydraulic ram pump. VI. Cavitation and Two-Phase Flow. 26. Analysis of transients in homogeneous gas-liquid mixtures. 27. An efficient approximate expression for transient flow of high viscous fluid in hydraulic pipelines. 28. Cavity dynamics and the risk of explosive combustion in pipelines. VII. Noise, Surge Suppression & Control. 29. Experimental investigations of new type of surge chamber. 30. Design charts for optimum-sized air cushion surge chambers. 31. Surge suppression strategies in complex hydraulic systems: some case studies.