Posted by: wibrahim
Water Hammer vs. Time History Ananlysis - 10/23/08 05:43 AM
I am doing some investigations about impulse loadings such as water hammer and slug loads.
CAESAR II provides a specific dynamic technique to solve such problems dynamically based on force spectrum. Theoretically the problem could be solved using time history analysis as well. However, when solving a typical water hammer problem using time history dynamic module the results differ than the results of the water hammer module for the same force-time profile.
Which technique is more accurate and reliable to be used in such impulse loading cases?
Regards,