Practical Engineering | What is Water Hammer? @PracticalEngineeringChannel | Uploaded November 2017 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this video, we briefly discuss how water hammer occurs and how engineers mitigate the effect.

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