Prioritizing Water Distribution Network Asset Maintenance Using Graph Theory Methods

Abstract

Water distribution networks, like any other large infrastructure system, should be designed for reliability and resilience to resist failure. A literature review of graph theory methods pertaining to water distribution networks reveals a wide scope of mathematical and statistical measures that can be used to identify and classify many important features of a network. From this, an analysis using a combination of graph theory metrics and generated condition indices for the pipes is performed on the Tyndall drinking water system as a case study. The goal is to provide understanding to the risk of the current system and propose asset management improvements, including best practices for prioritization of pipe maintenance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2022
Accession Number
AD1173746

Entities

People

  • Ashton E. Doyal

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Case Studies
  • Classification
  • Complex Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Governments
  • Graph Theory
  • Infrastructure
  • Literature Surveys
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Reliability
  • Resilience
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design