Experimental investigation of coupled frequency and time-domain transient test-based techniques for partial blockage detection in pipelines

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1033-1044

  Meniconi, S ^a   Duan, H F ^b   Lee, P J ^c   Brunone, B ^a   Ghidaoui, M S ^b   Ferrante, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Frequency response analysis; Laboratory tests; Partial blockage; Pressure signal analysis; Transient analysis; Water pipelines

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSES (FRA); FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL BLOCKAGE; PRESSURE SIGNAL;

SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WATER PIPELINES;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; PRESSURE FIELD; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884345844     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000768     Document Type: Article

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