BCD Plastic Pipe Design Calculator Ver 3.1

Hydraulic Shock

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Pipe/Tubing Selection1
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1 For more information about plastic piping products included in this calculator, please visit the BCD website.

2 "Tubing" refers to products with an actual Outside Diameter (OD) 1/8 inch larger than the nominal size. "Pipe" refers to products with an actual OD matching that of steel pipe of the same nominal size (e.g. IPS), or products where the actual OD matches the nominal size (e.g. DN-Metric).

*The hydraulic shock calculations here are for water only at 73°F/23°C .

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