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A method for evaluation and improving the reliability in an optimal design of water distribution networks

AuthorHoang Duong Tung
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. IE-89-27
Subject(s)Water--Distribution

NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractThe purpose of this thesis is to study a method to obtain a least-cost water distribution network with a satisfactory reliability. The optimization mod e l with continuous diameter variables are considered to determine an optimal design. The system reliability is defined as a complement of an expected failure of the overall demand to be supplied. The maximal flow problem of the optimal network when one link fails satisfying hydraulic conditions is considered to obtain the value of reliability. A method for improving reliability with minimum increase in cost by increasing the diameter of an appropriate link in the network is proposed whenever the system reliability is less than the required value.
Year1989
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE)
Academic Program/FoSIndustrial Engineering (IE)
Chairperson(s)Fujiwara, Okitsugu;
Examination Committee(s)Saeed, Khalid;Nagarur, Nagendra N.;
Scholarship Donor(s)Asian Development Bank;
DegreeThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989


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