Tijsseling, A.Lambert, M.Simpson, A.Stephens, M.Vitkovsky, J.Bergant, A.2008-03-282008-03-282006Proceedings 23rd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (Yokohama, Japan, October 17-21, 2006) / J. Kurokawa (ed.), paper 143, [10] p.http://hdl.handle.net/2440/41498Half a century ago Richard Skalak (1923-1997) (Ref 1) published a paper with the title 'An extension of the theory of water hammer' (Refs 2, 3, 4), which has been the basis of much subsequent work on hydraulic transients with fluid-structure interaction. The paper considers the propagation of pressure waves in liquid-filled pipes and the coupled radial/axial response of the pipe walls. In a tribute to Skalak's work, his results are used herein to assess the dispersion of wave fronts in long cross-country pipelines, as observed in field measurements.enCopyright status unknownPipelinesHydraulic transientsFlow-structure interactionsWave front propagation.Conference paper00200755292008032811564445648Lambert, M. [0000-0001-8272-6697]Simpson, A. [0000-0003-1633-0111]Stephens, M. [0000-0001-7350-6430]