SUMMARYAn e cient Godunov-type numerical method with second-order accuracy was developed to simulate the water-hammer problem in piping. The exact solutions of the Riemann problem were analysed and illustrated on the intriguing solution diagram by properly introducing dimensionless variables within reasonably practical ranges. Based on the solution diagram, an e cient fast Riemann solver was also developed. Moreover, small perturbation analysis was performed to demonstrate the relations between the primitive variables, velocity and pressure, for the Riemann problem. The typical shock-tube problem and the water-hammer problem were implemented as sample ones to test the numerical method. It was shown that the present numerical method incorporated with Van Leer's ux limiter is a promising one to simulate uid transient problem for piping in the present study.
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