The banging of pipes often heard when a faucet is turned off or on is called “water hammer” and is due to the sudden arrest or reversal of direction of the water flow. Water hammer is a phenomenon ...

FLATIRON DISTRICT, Manhattan (WABC) -- Expert engineers speculated Thursday the steam pipe explosion in the Flatiron District of Manhattan may have been caused by a pipe failure due to age, ...

Deep inside industrial pipes pressure builds and collapses without warning this is steam hammer a violent surge that forms when hot vapor meets cold water releasing enough force to tear steel apart in ...