Optimal design of water distribution networks /

Design of water distribution networks is traditionally based on trial-and-approach in which the designer assumes, based on experience and judgment, sizes of different elements and successively modifies them until a network with satisfactory hydraulic performance is obtained. This text covers essenti...

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Main Author: Bhave, Pramod R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pangbourne, England : Alpha Science International, Ltd., [2003]
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Summary:Design of water distribution networks is traditionally based on trial-and-approach in which the designer assumes, based on experience and judgment, sizes of different elements and successively modifies them until a network with satisfactory hydraulic performance is obtained. This text covers essential hydraulic, economic optimization principles. Theory is developed gradually for optimal design of simple, single-source branched networks subjected to single loading to complex, multiple-source looped net works subjected to multiple loading. Describes strengthening and expansion of existing networks and also reliability-based design.
Physical Description:xviii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [428]-442) and index.