Inverse transient analysis for leak detection in a PVC pipe network

Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 337-344

  Soares, A K ^a   Covas, D I C ^a   Reis, L F R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDRAULICS; PIPE; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CREEP COMPLIANCES; FLUID TRANSIENTS; GLOBAL LOCALS; HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT SOLVERS; INVERSE MODELS; INVERSE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; KEY FACTORS; LEAK LOCATIONS; LONG PIPES; PIPE SYSTEMS; PIPE WALLS; PVC PIPES; RANDOM SEEDS; SEARCH METHODS; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; WORK FOCUS;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 60749109019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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