Evaluating the Economic Residual Life of Water Pipes Using the Proportional Hazards Model

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3195-3217

  Park, Suwan ^a   Choi, Chang Log ^a   Kim, Jeong Hyun ^b   Bae, Cheol Ho ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

General pipe break model; Maintenance; Proportional hazards model; Residual life; Survival time; Threshold break rate; Water pipe

Indexed keywords

BREAK RATES; GENERAL PIPE BREAK MODEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDUAL LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME; WATER PIPE;

CAST IRON; CAST IRON PIPE; HAZARDS; IRON; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

WATER PIPELINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; PIPELINE PROTECTION; THRESHOLD; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956179096     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9602-3     Document Type: Article

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