Abstract: Calibration of water distribution network models is necessary in predicting their behavior under different loading conditions or in planning their expansions. Of the several data used in calibration, the predicted nodal ...

Abstract: A method for the optimal design of multisource, looped, gravityfed water distribution systems subjected to a single loading pattern is illustrated through a design example. The proposed methodology uses linear programming ...

Abstract: A method is developed for the optimal design of multisource, looped, gravity‐fed water distribution systems subjected to a single loading pattern. The method is based on linear programming (LP) techniques and produces a ...

Abstract: Extended period simulation or dynamic analysis of water distribution systems helps in their proper operation by checking whether the flow rates are maintained at adequate pressures at all nodes and whether the storage ...

Abstract: A method for the optimal expansion of water distribution systems subjected to a single loading pattern is developed. The method optimally decides the pumping heads at new source nodes, if any, and also optimally selects ...

Abstract: A heuristic approach for reliability-based design of water-distribution systems (WDSs) is presented. The reliability is expressed by reliability factors, estimated through extended-period simulation using node-flow analysis ...

Abstract: Traditional network analysis (Hardy Cross, Newton‐Raphson, or linear theory methods) presumes that the nodal demands are always satisfied in a water‐distribution system (WDS) and determines the available heads. However, ...