Pipeline Design for Water Engineers 0-444-87373-2

Table of contents :
Pipeline Design for Water Engineers......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 11
lntroduction......Page 16
Pipeline Economics......Page 17
Basics of Economics......Page 24
Balancing Storage......Page 29
The Fundamental Equations of Fluid Flow......Page 31
Flow Head Loss Relationships......Page 33
Minor Losses......Page 41
Types of Valves......Page 43
Cavitation in Control Valves......Page 47
Network Analysis......Page 52
Optimization of Pipeline Systems......Page 59
Rigid Water Column Surge Theory......Page 73
Mechanics of Water Hammer......Page 75
Elastic Water Hammer Theory......Page 79
Protection of Pumping Lines......Page 84
Problems of Air Entrainment......Page 112
Air Intake at Pump Sumps......Page 114
Air Absorption at Free Surfaces......Page 116
Hydraulic Removal of Air......Page 117
Air Valves......Page 120
Head Losses in Pipelines......Page 123
Water Hammer......Page 124
Soil Loads......Page 128
Super Imposed Loads......Page 135
The Effect of Bedding......Page 142
Prestressed Concrete Pipes......Page 144
Internal Pressures......Page 157
Tension Rings to Resist Internal Pressures......Page 158
Deformation of Circular Pipes under External Load......Page 161
Stress due to Circumferential Bending......Page 166
Stiffening Rings to Resist Buckling with no side support......Page 169
Stresses at Branches......Page 175
Stresses at Bends......Page 187
The Pipe as a Beam......Page 188
Temperature Stresses......Page 191
Pipe Materials......Page 194
Line Valves......Page 197
Air Valves......Page 201
Thrust Blocks......Page 205
Forces Induced by Supports......Page 209
Flow Measurement......Page 213
Telemetry......Page 216
Selecting a Route......Page 220
Laying and Trenching......Page 221
Pipe Bridges......Page 223
Underwater Pipelines......Page 225
Joints and Flanges......Page 227
Coatings......Page 231
Linings......Page 232
Cathodic Protection......Page 233
Thermal Insulation......Page 238
Types of Pumps......Page 243
Terms and Definitions......Page 246
Impeller Dynamics......Page 249
Pump Characteristic Curves......Page 251
Motors......Page 254
Pumpstations......Page 255
GENERAL REFERENCES AND STANDARDS......Page 257
BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING......Page 265
Symbols for pipe fittings......Page 267
Properties of pipe shapes......Page 268
Properties of water......Page 269
Properties of pipe materials......Page 270
Conversion factors......Page 271
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 273
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 275