Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks
Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks

Author: Pramod R. Bhave

Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9781842651322

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Design of water distribution networks is traditionally based on trial-and-approach in which the designer assumes, based on experience and judgment, sizes of different elements and successively modifies them until a network with satisfactory hydraulic performance is obtained. This text covers: Essential hydraulic, economic optimization principles. Theory is developed gradually for optimal design of simple, single-source branched networks subjected to single loading to complex, multiple-source looped networks subjected to multiple loading. Strengthening and expansion of existing networks and also reliability-based design. Several illustrative examples enabling the reader to apply them in practice- approximately 100 line drawings.

Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management
Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management

Author: Thomas M. Walski

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13:

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Accompanying CD-ROM includes: a 25-pipe academic version of WaterCAD with stand-alone interface; the WaterCAD files for individual problems; the WaterCAD user manual and an examination booklet for continuing education credits; Adobe Acrobat Reader software for viewing the manual and booklet.

Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems
Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems

Author: American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Risk and Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems

Publisher: ASCE Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

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On up-to-date methodologies for the reliability analysis and reliability-based design of water distribution systems. Brings together many new methodologies that can prove valuable in the assessment of aging water distribution systems and in the design and expansion of water supply systems. No index. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc

Design of Water Supply Pipe Networks
Design of Water Supply Pipe Networks

Author: Prabhata K. Swamee

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-01-09

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0470225041

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This authoritative resource consolidates comprehensive information on the analysis and design of water supply systems into one practical, hands-on reference. After an introduction and explanation of the basic principles of pipe flows, it covers topics ranging from cost considerations to optimal water distribution design to various types of systems to writing water distribution programs. With numerous examples and closed-form design equations, this is the definitive reference for civil and environmental engineers, water supply managers and planners, and postgraduate students.

Analysis of Water Distribution Networks
Analysis of Water Distribution Networks

Author: Pramod R. Bhave

Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9781842653593

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Analysis of a Water Distribution Network may be necessary to know its behaviour under normal and deficient conditions and the design of a new network. Various methods such as Hardy Cross, Newton-Raphson, Linear Theory, and Gradient for static and time-dependent (extended period) analyses are described with small illustrative examples. The book also covers analysis considering withdrawal along links, head-dependent and performance-based analyses, calibration of existing networks, water quality modeling, analysis considering uncertainty of parameters, and reliability analysis of water distribution networks. Brief description of available computer softwares is also given.

Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming

Author: Jon Lee

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 687

ISBN-13: 1461419271

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Many engineering, operations, and scientific applications include a mixture of discrete and continuous decision variables and nonlinear relationships involving the decision variables that have a pronounced effect on the set of feasible and optimal solutions. Mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems combine the numerical difficulties of handling nonlinear functions with the challenge of optimizing in the context of nonconvex functions and discrete variables. MINLP is one of the most flexible modeling paradigms available for optimization; but because its scope is so broad, in the most general cases it is hopelessly intractable. Nonetheless, an expanding body of researchers and practitioners — including chemical engineers, operations researchers, industrial engineers, mechanical engineers, economists, statisticians, computer scientists, operations managers, and mathematical programmers — are interested in solving large-scale MINLP instances.

Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Drinking Water Distribution Systems

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2006-12-22

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0309133955

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Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. Distribution systems-consisting of pipes, pumps, valves, storage tanks, reservoirs, meters, fittings, and other hydraulic appurtenances-carry drinking water from a centralized treatment plant or well supplies to consumers' taps. Spanning almost 1 million miles in the United States, distribution systems represent the vast majority of physical infrastructure for water supplies, and thus constitute the primary management challenge from both an operational and public health standpoint. Recent data on waterborne disease outbreaks suggest that distribution systems remain a source of contamination that has yet to be fully addressed. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and recent data, and it identifies a variety of strategies that could be considered to reduce the risks posed by water-quality deteriorating events in distribution systems. Particular attention is given to backflow events via cross connections, the potential for contamination of the distribution system during construction and repair activities, maintenance of storage facilities, and the role of premise plumbing in public health risk. The report also identifies advances in detection, monitoring and modeling, analytical methods, and research and development opportunities that will enable the water supply industry to further reduce risks associated with drinking water distribution systems.

Algorithms - ESA 2006
Algorithms - ESA 2006

Author: Yossi Azar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-09-12

Total Pages: 859

ISBN-13: 3540388761

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2006, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in the context of the combined conference ALGO 2006. The book presents 70 revised full papers together with abstracts of 3 invited lectures. The papers address all current subjects in algorithmics, reaching from design and analysis issues of algorithms over to real-world applications and engineering of algorithms in various fields.

Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences
Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences

Author: Hoai An Le Thi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-05-07

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 331918167X

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This proceedings set contains 85 selected full papers presentedat the 3rd International Conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences - MCO 2015, held on May 11–13, 2015 at Lorraine University, France. The present part II of the 2 volume set includes articles devoted to Data analysis and Data mining, Heuristic / Meta heuristic methods for operational research applications, Optimization applied to surveillance and threat detection, Maintenance and Scheduling, Post Crises banking and eco-finance modelling, Transportation, as well as Technologies and methods for multi-stakeholder decision analysis in public settings.

Deterioration and Optimal Rehabilitation Modelling for Urban Water Distribution Systems
Deterioration and Optimal Rehabilitation Modelling for Urban Water Distribution Systems

Author: Yi Zhou

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-05-03

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0429837771

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Pipe failures in water distribution systems can have a serious impact and hence it’s important to maintain the condition and integrity of the distribution system. This book presents a whole-life cost optimisation model for the rehabilitation of water distribution systems. It combines a pipe breakage number prediction model with a pipe criticality assessment model, which enables the creation of a well-constructed and more tightly constrained optimisation model. The pipe breakage number prediction model combines information on the physical characteristics of the pipes with historical information on breakage and failure rates. A weighted multiple nonlinear regression analysis is applied to describe the condition of different pipe groups. The criticality assessment model combines a pipe’s condition with its hydraulic significance through a modified TOPSIS. This model enables the optimisation to focus its efforts on those important pipes. The whole life cost optimal rehabilitation model is a multiple-objective and multiple-stage model, which provides a suite of rehabilitation decisions that minimise the whole life cost while maximising its long-term performance. The optimisation model is solved using a modified NSGA-II. The utility of the developed models is that it allows decision makers to prioritize their rehabilitation strategy in a proactive and cost-effective manner.