Application of Third-Order Schemes to Improve the Convergence of the Hardy Cross Method in Pipe Network Analysis

Figure 4

Comparison of computation time for solving the sample pipe network using one-step loop corrector methods (from left to right: Hardy Cross method, Chebyshev’s algorithm, Halley’s algorithm, Abbasbandy’s algorithm, Chun’s first algorithm, Chun and Kim’s first algorithm, and Chun and Kim’s third algorithm).