Wavelets for the Analysis of Transient Pressure Signals for Leak Detection

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1274-1282

  Ferrante, Marco ^a   Brunone, Bruno ^a   Meniconi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydraulic transients; Leakage; Pipes; Water pipelines

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; WATER PIPELINES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; LEAK DETECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS; LEAKAGE; LEAKS DETECTIONS; PIPE SYSTEM; PRESSURE SIGNAL; PRESSURIZED PIPES; REFLECTED WAVES; TRANSIENT PRESSURE SIGNALS; TRANSIENT TESTS; WAVELET-ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WATER PIPELINES;

HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS; PRESSURIZED PIPE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; LEAK DETECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER PIPELINES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ARRIVAL TIME; DETECTION METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PIPE FLOW; PIPELINE; PRESSURE EFFECT; TRANSFORM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 36448970548     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:11(1274)     Document Type: Article

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