Field tests for leakage, air pocket, and discrete blockage detection using inverse transient analysis in water distribution pipes

Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4779-4788

  Stephens, Mark ^a   Lambert, Martin ^a   Simpson, Angus ^a   Vítkovsky, John ^a   Nixon, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b United Water International   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WATER PIPELINES;

AIR POCKETS; BLOCKAGE DETECTION; INVERSE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS (ITA); WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPES;

WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

EID: 23844520666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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