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What is Water Hammer?

  • Writer: Silver Horizon
    Silver Horizon
  • May 30, 2018
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 6

Water hammer happens when a liquid or gas, in motion, is forced to stop or change direction suddenly, a momentum change.

It occurs when a valve closes suddenly at an end of a pipeline system, and a pressure wave propagates in the pipe.

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