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Apr 26, 2012
Critical Parameters for the Reliability of Municipal Storage Tanks
Authors: Jakobus E. Van Zyl [email protected], Olivier Piller [email protected], and Yves Legat [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'A
Abstract
A stochastic analysis method for sizing municipal storage tanks based on reliability criteria is discussed. A sensitivity analysis was done to determine the parameters most critical for sizing tanks (and thus for tank reliability). The results show that daily variations in water demand to be the most critical parameter, followed by hourly variations in demand, the supply ratio, and then pipe failures. Further work is required on fire water before conclusions on its impact can be made.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'A
Pages: 1 - 10
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Business management
- Engineering fundamentals
- Equipment and machinery
- Government
- Infrastructure
- Local government
- Mathematics
- Organizations
- Parameters (statistics)
- Pipeline systems
- Pipelines
- Practice and Profession
- Probability
- Sensitivity analysis
- Statistics
- Stochastic processes
- Storage tanks
- Tanks (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water demand
- Water management
- Water pipelines
- Water supply
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Dpt. of Civil Eng. Sc., University of Johannesburg, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected]
Hyd. and Civ. Eng. Res. Unit, CEMAGREF, Bordeaux, France. E-mail: [email protected]
Hyd. and Civ. Eng. Res. Unit, CEMAGREF, Bordeaux, France,. E-mail: [email protected]
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