Critical parameters for the reliability of municipal storage tanks

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Van Zyl, Jakobus E ^a   Piller, Olivier ^b   Legat, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Flow rates; Parameters; Stochastic processes; Storage tanks

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARAMETER; PARAMETERS; PIPE FAILURES; RELIABILITY CRITERION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STORAGE TANK; WATER DEMAND;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251477892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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