Dynaflow Research Group

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Water Hammer Analysis using BOSfluids: Surge Analysis

About The Course

This course teaches you all the fundamentals of performing water hammer analysis using BOSfluids.

Background knowledge about water hammer phenomena and analysis methods are provided as well as tutorials in performing such analyses in the BOSfluids software. Results are discussed in detail to provide a solid understanding of their interpretation. Next to different water hammer scenarios and their analysis also many real-life cases are provided and associated mitigation measures are discussed.

After this course, you will be a confident user of BOSfluids that understands good design practices and analysis methods for water hammer phenomena in piping systems.

The course allows you to learn at your own pace and is fully provided online. You receive 1-year unlimited access to all modules, which allows you to perform them over again when you need to refresh your knowledge for your work projects.

Program Details

Welcome Notes
  • Welcome to the course
  • Your instructors
  • Live session schedule
  • How to use this course & join the live sessions
  • Personal Certificate requirements
Module 1: Introduction to Pressure Surges (Free Course Preview) | 30 min
  • Introduction and Agenda
  • What are pressure surges and what causes them?
  • Examples of incidents as a result of pressure surge
  • Pressure surge analysis – Steady State
  • Pressure surge analysis – Transient
  • Reducing the impact of pressure surges
  • Conclusions

A sample of the first module is available for free, so you can learn more about the teaching style and understand if the course fits your needs.

Start Preview

Module 2: An Overview of BOSfluids | 2 hour
  • Introduction and agenda
  • General Workflow
  • Model Viewer in BOSfluids
  • Overview of the element types
  • Overview of the node types
  • The components database
  • Model Viewer in BOSfluids
  • Import/export models
  • Exercises
Module 3: BOSfluids Live Demonstration | 3 hour
  • Interface & piping tab
  • Viewer options
  • Add valve
  • The elements subtab
  • Boundary conditions
  • Analysis Setting
  • Reviewing the results
  • Managing scenarios
  • Customized plots
  • Components database
  • Help windows & manual
  • Pipe editing options 
Module 4: Steady State Flow Analysis | 1 hour 15 min
  • Introduction and agenda
  • Steady state flow calculation
  • Boundary conditions
  • Flow resistance
  • Pumps in BOSfluids
  • Quasi steady analysis
  • Exercises
Module 5: Transient Flow Analysis | 6 hour 45 min
  • Introduction and agenda
  • Transient flow calculation
  • Pressure wave propagation in piping systems
  • Transient events – Valve Closure
  • Transient events – Pump Trip
  • What is cavitation?
  • Cavitation models in BOSfluids
  • Flood & Drain analysis
  • Exercises
Module 6: Fluid-Structure Interaction | 30 min
  • Introduction and agenda
  • Unbalanced loads in piping systems
  • Setting up a structural analysis
  • Reviewing structural results
Module 7: Additional Features in BOSfluids | 5 hour
  • Control systems – part 1
  • Control systems – part 2
  • Tube rupture analysis
  • Exercises
Final Notes
  1. Course evaluation survey

  2. Your Personal Certificate

  3. Rate this course

  4. Related resources

  5. Follow up

Self-Paced

This course is self-paced and is not subject to specific dates. The course contains 7 modules with a total of 7 hours of content which can be performed at your own pace. A personal certificate will be provided to you if you finish the course within the first month after purchase. This incentive aims to motivate you to perform the course in a timely manner, thereby improving your learning curve.

E-Hybrid

This course is scheduled regularly with a drip feed of modules becoming available to the participants throughout the program. The drip schedule aims to provide consistency to your learning experience and is designed to maintain participant concentration and provide adequate time to perform exercises between live instructor sessions where the instructor may answer any questions about the topic.

This course type is also available for a private schedule for teams of a minimum of 4 people.

Spring Program:

  • Kick-Off Session Wednesday 10 May 10:00 CEST
  • Session A Wednesday 17 May 10:00 CEST
  • Session B Wednesday 24 May 10:00 CEST
  • Workshop Wednesday 31 May 10:00 CEST

Fall Program:

  • Kick-Off Session Wednesday 6 November 10:00 CEST
  • Session A Wednesday 13 November 10:00 CET
  • Session B Wednesday 20 November 10:00 CET
  • Workshop Wednesday 27 November 10:00 CET

Classroom 

This course is scheduled for 2 work days. The dates of the course are organized upon inquiry.

This course is available in self-paced, hybrid, and classroom formats.

Prerequisites and level

  • No prior knowledge of BOSfluids is required,
  • A basic understanding of piping systems is beneficial.
  • Level: Intermediate

Intended For

This course is designed for:

  • Users of BOSfluids that want a solid understanding of the software, analysis techniques, and backgrounds.
  • Those involved with performing pressure surge analysis,.
  • Engineers that need to be able to understand reporting of pressure surge analysis for their system at hand.

Access to the self-paced course

After your purchase is confirmed you receive an account to the EngineeringTrainer online learning portal, where you can find the course in your dashboard. After opening the course you will be guided step-by-step through the different modules. You receive 1-year unlimited access to the course, allowing for the repetition of modules as desired.

Learn by doing

The self-paced and E-hybrid courses are mainly based on video content: video lectures and video software demonstrations. English subtitles are available and videos can be viewed as many times as desired. The video lectures help you to grasp the important technical concepts and in the video demonstrations the instructor uses the software and discusses all the steps and actions. You are recommended to follow the steps of the instructor in the software to optimize your learning curve.

The classroom course is performed in person either on-site or in the Dynaflow Research Group office located in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. This course enables you to be face-to-face with the instructors with live examples provided. This course also provides all participants with a 1-year access to the self-paced course.

Exercises & software models associated with the content are available for download.

BOSfluids license

A 1-month full license of BOSfluids is availalbe for training course particpants for an additional €250. Participants of the classroom course are provided with a full BOSfluids license over the duration of the course.

  • A free trial of the BOSfluids Steady State Licence is also available here.
  • A demo version of the BOSfluids Transient Licence is also available here.

Participants of the self-paced and E-hybrid courses receive a personal digital certificate if they meet the following requirements:

  • Completion of each course module
  • Filling in the course evaluation survey

Participants of the classroom course receive a personal physical certificate upon the completion of the course.

Example certificate:

After this course, participants are expected to:

  • Have a solid understanding of water hammer phenomena.
  • Can perform water hammer analysis of basic scenarios in BOSfluids.
  • Know how to interpret pressure surge results.
  • Understand the influence of cavitation in piping systems.
  • Are familiar with the BOSfluids solvers.
  • Know how to link your results to pipe stress analysis software.
  • Have seen numerous real-life cases of water hammer phenomena in industrial piping.
  • Know different mitigation measures and their applicability.
  • Are capable of assessing pressure surge reports to take actions for mitigation of their system at hand.
  • Video lectures

  • Video demonstrations

  • Exercise .pdf-files for download

  • Exercise answers by means of demonstrations (video)

  • Related BOSfluids model files for download

The majority of training material are videos. These are not available for download, but can be accessed directly with your account on the portal. Apart from quizzes the exercise files can be downloaded. These can include .pdf files with the exercise questions, software models or other file types. You receive 1-year unlimited access to the course. This allows you to watch content again if this is beneficial for your work projects.

We encourage participants to submit feedback and questions in the Questions forum of the course. These are answered directly in the forum or form the basis for new videos that are added to the online course.

Participants receive 1-year unlimited access to the course including new videos that are added during this year. Participants receive an email notification upon addition of new course videos.

An active BOSfluids license is required for this course. A 1-month full BOSfluids license can be purchased as an add-on to the course once the course is added to your shopping cart. For more details see the course fee overview below.

Please contact us for questions on this matter.

If your computer and internet connection is able to play videos online (YouTube) you will be able to follow the course. Note that almost all browsers are supported, except for Internet Explorer.
Please contact us for questions on this matter.

Yes, this course qualifies for PDH hours as per the NCEES CPC Guidelines.

Select Course Format

Self-paced

700 /user
  • Self-learning modules
  • Immediate module access
  • Online discussion forum
  • 1-year access
  • Optional 1-month full BOSfluids license (€250)
  • Live sessions with instructor
  • For individual learning

E-Hybrid

Price on request
  • Drip scheduled self-learning modules
  • Online discussion forum
  • 1-year access
  • Optional 1-month full BOSfluids license (€250)
  • Live sessions with instructor
  • For teams of minimum 4 people

Classroom

Price on request
  • Face-to-face with instructors
  • On-site or in Rijswijk
  • Printed course materials
  • Lunch included
  • 1-year access to self-paced course
  • BOSfluids license included for training days
  • For teams of minimum 4 people

BOSfluids Steady State Licence

Follow the Steady State Module Course with a Free Trial

BOSfluids Transient Licence

Follow the Transient Module Course with a Demo Version

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