ABSTRACT
The study of hydraulic transients is generally considered to have begun with the works of Joukowsky (1898) and Allievi (1902). The historical development of this subject makes for good reading. A number of pioneers made breakthrough contributions to the field, including R. Angus and John Parmakian (1963) and Wood (1970), who popularized and refined the graphical calculation method. Benjamin Wylie and Victor Streeter (1993) combined the method of characteristics with computer modeling. The field of fluid transients is still rapidly evolving worldwide by Brunone et al. (2000); Koelle and Luvizotto, (1996); Filion and Karney, (2002); Hamam and McCorquodale, (1982); Savic and Walters, (1995); Walski and Lutes, (1994); Wu and Simpson, (2000). Various methods have been developed to solve transient flow in pipes [1].
