Hydraulic Services Design Guide 5th Edition March 2022

Hydraulic Services Design Guide 5th Edition March 2022

The first part of the design guide focuses on Copper, with chapters on history, production, specification and limitations. The second part includes design principles, cold water system design, hot water system design, warm water systems, pumps, design guidelines, pipe sizing guide and design methods.

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Hardy Cross Method – Sizing a Ring Main (FREE Spreadsheet)

Sizing a Ring Main hardy cross method ring main inlet

Flow rate and friction loss in a pipe network system can be difficult to calculate. When the pipe network is in a ring main (also known as a closed-loop) formation, the calculations are extra difficult.

This difficult calculation is very common for fire hydrant ring main size designs and the ring main design calculations.

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