Standing Wave Difference Method for Leak Detection in Pipeline Systems

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1106-1116

  Covas, Dídia ^a   Ramos, Helena ^a   De Almeida, A Betâmio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Leakage; Pipelines; Resonance; Standing waves

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FAULT DETECTION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LEAK DETECTION; LOCATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STEADY FLOW; WATER PIPELINES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

'CURRENT; CABLE FAULT LOCATIONS; DIFFERENCE METHOD; IN-PIPE; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE DETECTION; LEAKS DETECTIONS; PIPE SYSTEM; PIPELINE SYSTEMS; STANDING WAVE;

PIPELINES; HYDRAULICS;

STANDING WAVE DIFFERENCE METHOD; STEADY OSCILLATORY FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; HYDRAULICS; LEAK DETECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STEADY FLOW; WATER PIPELINES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PIPELINE;

EID: 33645665691     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131:12(1106)     Document Type: Article

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