Dear Mr. Oertel,

I think R. Kühn is right - the pressure wave will propagate through the equipment. But the diameter/wallthickness ratio as well as the equipment material will affect the wave propagating velocity. Also, if the fluid changes its temperature there will be a different density, which also might have an effect on the wpv.

If you are interested also in time-history forces: We are using Flowmaster2 to calculate those forces for later usage in our pipe stress sofware. Feeel free to contact me if you need further help.

All the best,

Veit Bockemühl
vb@esn-gmbh.com
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