Parametric study of the amplification factor in the energy balance method

This paper represents a parametric study of the amplification factor to account for rebound effects in the Energy Balance Method. Of the 66 distinct cases the authors chose for their parametric study, the amplification factor of 1.1 seems sufficient except in four borderline cases where the carbon steel pipes are small or have very small gaps between the pipes and the pipe whip restraints. The authors conclude that the amplification factor generally decreases as the parameters gap size, hinge-to-break distance and overhang increase