Wave Speed Calculator
The wave speed calculator allows you to determine the wave speed for a pipe or set of pipes.
The dialog consists of the following controls:
| Bulk Modulus of Elasticity | The bulk modulus of elasticity of the liquid. Click the ellipsis button to choose a liquid from the Liquid Engineering Library. Choosing a liquid from the library will populate both this field and the Specific Gravity field with the values for the chosen liquid. |
| Specific Gravity | The specific gravity of the liquid. Click the ellipsis button to choose a liquid from the Liquid Engineering Library. Choosing a liquid from the library will populate both this field and the Bulk Modulus of Elasticity field with the values for the chosen liquid. |
| Young’s Modulus | The Young’s modulus of the elasticity of the pipe material. Click the ellipsis button to choose a material from the Material Engineering Library. Choosing a material from the library will populate both this field and the Poisson’s Ratio field with the values for the chosen material. |
| Poisson’s Ratio | The Poisson’s ratio of the pipe material. Click the ellipsis button to choose a material from the Material Engineering Library. Choosing a material from the library will populate both this field and the Young’s Modulus field with the values for the chosen material. |
| Wall Thickness | The thickness of the pipe wall. |
| Pipeline Support | Select the method of pipeline support. |
| All | When this button is selected, the calculated Wave Speed value will be applied to all pipes in the model. |
| Selection | When this button is selected, the calculated Wave Speed value will be applied to all of the pipes that are currently selected in the model. |
| Selection Set | When this button is selected, the calculated Wave Speed value will be applied to all of the pipes contained within the specified selection set. |