Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows

KARADŽIĆ, Uroš ;BERGANT, Anton ;STARINAC, Danica ;BOŽOVIĆ, Boško .
Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 65, n.7-8, p. 430-440, july 2019. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/sl/article/water-hammer-investigation-of-shut-down-of-high-head-hydropower-plant-at-very-high-reynolds-number-flows/>. Date accessed: 24 apr. 2024. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2019.6092.

Karadžić, U., Bergant, A., Starinac, D., & Božović, B.
(2019).
Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 65(7-8), 430-440.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2019.6092

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Karadžić, U.,Bergant, A.,Starinac, D.,Božović, B.
2019 July 65. Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 65:7-8

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Karadžić, Uroš, Anton  Bergant, Danica  Starinac, & Boško  Božović.
"Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 65.7-8 (2019): 430-440. Web.  24 Apr. 2024

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Karadžić, Uroš, Bergant, Anton, Starinac, Danica, AND Božović, Boško.
"Water Hammer Investigation of the Shut-Down of a High-Head Hydropower Plant at Very High Reynolds Number Flows" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 65 Number 7-8 (19 July 2019)