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Which pressure surge results when sudden valve closure occurs in a high Reynolds number pipeline?

A)Cavitation damage intensifies rapidly
B)Water hammer pressure increases sharply
C)Boundary layer drag substantially reduces
D)Flow regime transitions to laminar

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Water hammer pressure increases sharply because momentum changes cause a surge due to rapid deceleration via the Joukowsky equation; therefore, water hammer is the outcome, rather than laminar flow, because the momentum's inertia overcomes viscosity.

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