Description:
The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an understanding of the analysis
and design aspects of water distribution system. The book covers the topics related to the
analysis and design of water supply systems with application to sediment-transporting
pipelines. It includes the pipe flow principles and their application in analysis of
water supply systems. The general principles of water distribution system design have
been covered to highlight the cost aspects and the parameters required for design of a
water distribution system. The other topics covered in the book relate to optimal
sizing of water-supply gravity and pumping systems, reorganization and decomposition
of water supply systems, and transportation of solids as sediments through pipelines.
Computer programs with development details and line by line explanations have been
included to help readers to develop skills in writing programs for water distribution
network analysis. The application of linear and geometric programming techniques in
water distribution network optimization have also been described.
Most of the designs are provided in a closed form that can be directly adopted by design engineers. A large part of the book covers numerical examples. In these
examples, computations are laborious and time consuming. Experience has shown
that the complete mastery of the project cannot be attained without familiarizing
oneself thoroughly with numerical procedures. For this reason, it is better not to consider
numerical examples as mere illustration but rather as an integral part of the general
presentation.
The book is structured in such a way to enable an engineer to design functionally
efficient and least-cost systems. It is also intended to aid students, professional engineers,
and researchers. Any suggestions for improvement of the book will be gratefully
received.