fluid hammer

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Definition of fluid hammer in English English dictionary

(Bilim, İlim) Fluid hammer (or, water hammer) is a pressure surge or wave caused by the kinetic energy of a fluid in motion when it is forced to stop or change direction suddenly. It depends on the fluid compressibility where there are sudden changes in pressure. For example, if a valve is closed suddenly at an end of a pipeline system a water hammer wave propagates in the pipe. Moving water in a pipe has kinetic energy proportional to the mass of the water in a given volume times the square of the velocity of the water

Hyphenation

flu·id ham·mer

Turkish pronunciation

fluıd hämır

Pronunciation

/ˈflo͞oəd ˈhamər/ /ˈfluːəd ˈhæmɜr/