Assessing the capacity reliability of ageing water distribution systems

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-133

  Xu, Chengchao ^a   Goulter, Ian C ^b   Tickle, Kevin S ^c  

^a Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

First order reliability analysis; Probabilistic modelling; Reliability; Uncertainty; Water distribution networks

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY RELIABILITY; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY; PROBABILISTIC MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 33745264350     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028660021000051620     Document Type: Article

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