Research Article
Jan 1982
Obtaining Layout of Water Distribution Systems
Authors: William F. Rowell and J. Wesley BarnesAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 108, Issue 1
Abstract
An essential first step in the design of a municipal water distribution system is the determination of the locational placement or layout of the links of pipe that will form the system. A two-level hierarchically integrated system of models is developed for the layout of both single and multiple source water distribution systems. The first level, a nonlinear programming model, selects an economical tree layout for the major pipe links. The second level, an integer programming model, chooses the loop- forming links to add to the first level tree layout in order to minimize the cost of providing a specified level of reliability in case of failure of the larger first level links. The system of models is applied to an example two-source water distribution system layout problem.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 108 • Issue 1 • January 1982
Pages: 137 - 148
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© 1982 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1982
Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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William F. Rowell
Captain, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
J. Wesley Barnes
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Mech. Engrg., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex.
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