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The Schnyder-Bergeron technique has, until recently, been considered the best method of solving transient problems. It is very limited and subject to error, however. The work involved in analysing networks containing a significant number of pipes, say more than eight or nine, is unacceptable in any engineering circumstance. However, there are more complex reasons for considering graphical methods to be inadequate.
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Fox, J.A. (1977). The method of characteristics. In: Hydraulic Analysis of Unsteady Flow in Pipe Networks. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02790-3_4
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