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. Key features of this book include: essential hydraulic, economic and optimization principles; gradually developed theory for optimal design of simple, single-source branched networks subjected to single loading to complex, multiple-source looped networks subjected to multiple loading; strengthening and expansion of existing networks and also reliability-based design; several illustrative examples provided enable the reader to apply them in practice; and approximately 100 line drawings.

ISBN : 1842651323, Author : Bhave, Publisher : Alpha Science - 2003, Dimensions : 24.6 x 15.7 x 3 cm, Paperback : 400 pages