For people checking out this post and are interested in learning more about transient 1D flow, I found this online resource:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8717066/Fluid-Mechanics-Hydraulics-of-Pipeline-Systems
Thanks. I will try to take a step back even further to try the simplified problem you suggested and then try to add complexity. No wonder my head has been hurting so much as I attacked this problem.
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I am trying to better understand transient fluid dynamics in pipes. First, I am attempting what I believe should be relatively simple problem. I have a constant area horizontal pipe partially filled with a stationary incompressible inviscid fluid. The part of the pipe that is filled is...