Hammer CONNECT Edition 3.5 v10.03.05.05 Win64

The Hydraulics and Hydrology software development team is pleased to announce the availability of OpenFlows HAMMER CONNECT Edition Update 3.5 (build 10.03.05.05). This release introduces improvements and features to help you be more successful.

Modulating FCVs and PSVs
New properties fields are included which enables HAMMER to adjust a PSV and FCV opening dynamically during a transient analysis. While a similar feature was available for PRVs, you can now follow a similar workflow to include opening and closing rate coefficients for PSVs and FCVs.

Display turbine-specific speed range in Properties and FlexTables
There are three predefined turbine curves available. Each curve can be used by turbines with a specific speed in a certain range. Starting with this release, the range information for the turbine curve for a turbine-specific speed selection is available in the Properties grid and FlexTable.

Model Compatibility
Models saved in older versions of HAMMER can be opened in other 10.03.XX.XX releases,

Stability enhancements and fixes to reported issues
As with all new versions, this release of HAMMER includes fixes to various user-reported issues from the previous release, providing an overall more stable experience.

OpenFlows HAMMER makes the complex tasks of locating potential trouble spots and determining appropriate surge control strategies much easier.

Every time a pump or valve is operated, potentially dangerous transients are introduced into your water distribution or wastewater system. Unchecked, transients can have catastrophic consequences on your pipes and equipment, operators, and customers.

Water utilities, municipalities, and engineering firms around the world trust OpenFlows HAMMER’s computationally rigorous engine and easy-to-use interface to efficiently identify, manage, and mitigate the risks associated with transients.
Identify critical points in the system that need protection and facilitate sound system design with OpenFlows HAMMER modeling tools:

– Focus on mitigating surge, not on the modeling process: Streamlined model building and management enables you to jump-start the model building process and manage your model effectively so that you can focus on developing the most appropriate strategy for controlling and limiting hydraulic transients.
– Simulate transient precisely to improve the quality of your decisions: Decrease the risk of approximating the behavior of protective devices and rotating equipment. A rough estimation of transients can be too costly. OpenFlows HAMMER helps you accurately simulate the impact of a wide range of surge protection devices and rotating equipment (pumps and turbines).
– Leverage existing CAD and GIS data for improved design productivity and to enrich the system or model that utility personnel rely on.

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