General Model for Water-Distribution Pipe Breaks: Development, Methodology, and Application to a Small City in Quebec, Canada
Publication: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 5, Issue 1
Abstract
To model water-pipe breaks a generalization is proposed of an approach where a Weibull exponential model was used for simulation. In this study, a generalization of this approach was performed by developing a general model using three or more probability distributions to describe the time of occurrence of a pipe’s failure. The previous two-distribution model constitutes a special case of this new general model. In addition, explanatory variables were incorporated into the proposed model. Finally, from the proposed general model, the Weibull-exponential-exponential (WEE) model was derived to model water-distribution pipe breaks in a small city in Canada.
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Acknowledgments
This research was funded by the Canadian and Quebec governments via the Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund and by the City of Quebec. The authors greatly acknowledge the support of these organizations. The authors also thank the Canadian cities who provided the data used in this study, not named here for confidentiality reasons.
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Received: Apr 27, 2012
Accepted: Dec 27, 2012
Published online: Dec 29, 2012
Discussion open until: Jan 20, 2014
Published in print: Feb 1, 2014
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