Fire flow computation with network models: The authors describe a sequential search procedure that produces improved fire flow estimates at each iteration

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Boulos, Paul F ^a,b,c   Rossman, Lewis A ^d   Orr, Chun Hou ^a   Heath, J Erick ^a   Meyer, Michael S ^a  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DESIGN; FIRE PROTECTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

EID: 5244339050     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1997.tb08178.x     Document Type: Article

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