Estimating time to failure of cast-iron water mains

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Rajani, B ^a   Tesfamariam, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Mathematical modeling; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER SUPPLY;

CORROSION MODELS; DESIGN PARAMETERS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CORROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CORROSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PIPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34250162502     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2007.160.2.83     Document Type: Article

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