Detecting and locating leaks in underground water mains using thermography

2009 26th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-67

  Fahmy, Mohamed ^a   Moselhi, Osama ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure investigations; Thermography; Water Leak detection; Water pipelines

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUNDWATER; LEAK DETECTION; LOCATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROBOTICS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PIPELINES;

CURRENT PRACTICES; DETECTION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; FAILURE INVESTIGATION; UNDERGROUND PIPELINE; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER LEAK DETECTION; WORLD EXPERIENCE;

PIPELINES;

EID: 84863737710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2009/0030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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