Leak location in pipelines using the impulse response function

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 643-652

  Lee, Pedro J ^a   Vítkovský, John P ^b   Lambert, Martin F ^c   Simpson, Angus R ^c   Liggett, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Leakage; Linear systems; Transients; Water pipelines

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; LEAK DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTION; PRESSURE RESPONSE;

WATER PIPELINES;

IMPULSE RESPONSE; LEAK DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER PIPELINES;

LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PIPELINE;

EID: 35548975886     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2007.9521800     Document Type: Article

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