Question: Water hammer in a pipeline results from the

Options

A : bursting of pipelines due to closure by a valve.

B : rapid pressure change due to a rapid change in the rate of flow.

C : pressure increase due to closure of a valve resulting in decrease in rate of flow.

D : none of these.

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