Implementation of pressure reduction valves in a dynamic water distribution numerical model to control the inequality in water supply

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 207-217

  Freni, Gabriele ^a   Marchis, Mauro De ^a   Napoli, Enrico ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Intermittent distribution; Method of characteristic; Pipe filling process; Prvs; Water distribution network modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897486233     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2013.032     Document Type: Article

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