WaterNetGen: An EPANET extension for automatic water distribution network models generation and pipe sizing

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Muranho, João ^a   Ferreira, Ana ^b   Sousa, Joaquim ^c   Gomes, Abel ^d   Marques, Alfeu Sá ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EPANET; Model generation; Pipe sizing; Water distribution networks; WaterNetGen

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC PROCEDURES; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; EPANET; MINIMUM DIAMETERS; MODEL GENERATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MODELS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; WATERNETGEN;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

WATER;

DATA SET; DIAMETER; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; SOFTWARE; TOPOLOGY; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PRESSURE; TUBE; VELOCITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERNETGEN;

EID: 84861036359     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.121     Document Type: Article

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