Water hammer risk increased in pre-industrial cast-iron aqueducts because of which mechanism?

💡 Explanation

Historic long, rigid cast-iron aqueducts experienced water hammer because acoustic impedance mismatch between the water and iron pipes caused large reflected pressure waves, therefore pressure spikes increased, rather than energy dissipated through pipe flexing.

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