Optimal Reliability Based Design for Water Distribution Systems

by M. John Cullinane, Jr., US Army Engineer Waterways, Experiment Station, United States,
Kevin E. Lansey, US Army Engineer Waterways, Experiment Station, United States,
Larry W. Mays, US Army Engineer Waterways, Experiment Station, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract:

The methodology presented in this paper explicitly includes availability measures that incorporate both mechanical and hydraulic unavailability of system components for a dynamic system. The methodology incorporates availability measures in the optimal design model WADSOPT developed by Lansey and Mays (1987) to produce a new model WSAVOPT, which determines optimal-reliable designs.

Subject Headings: Water supply systems | Hydraulic design | Hydraulic models | Water pipelines | Pipeline design | Optimization models | Computer models

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