Computational intelligence for urban infrastructure condition assessment: Water transmission and distribution systems

Z Liu, Y Kleiner - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Water transmission and distribution systems are critical urban infrastructure. The aging of
water mains can lead to increased breakage rate, decreased hydraulic capacity, and …

Multi-objective rehabilitation of urban drainage systems under uncertainties

Z Vojinovic, S Sahlu, AS Torres… - Journal of …, 2014 - iwaponline.com
Urban drainage systems are subject to many drivers which can affect their performance and
functioning. Typically, climate change, urbanisation and population growth along with aging …

Influence of available data on sewer inspection program efficiency

M Ahmadi, F Cherqui, JC De Massiac… - Urban Water …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
One key aspect of sewer inspection programs is the prediction of sewer condition. Despite
the development of deterioration models, the influence of available data on models' …

Condition grading for dysfunction indicators in sewer asset management

M Ahmadi, F Cherqui, JC De Massiac… - Structure and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Asset management is an increasing concern for the water and wastewater industry.
Condition assessment of sewer segments is an important component of sewer asset …

Indirect condition assessment of water mains

L Tuhovčák, M Tauš, P Míka - Procedia Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the technical condition of the water distribution systems (WDS) is a key
issue to predict the performance of the WDS and to optimize maintenance and rehabilitation …

From sewer inspection programmes to rehabilitation needs: research and results related to data quality and availability with the support of numerical experiment

M Ahmadi, F Cherqui, JC De Massiac… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the influence of data availability and quality within a
utility to prioritise inspection and rehabilitation needs. Data are required in order to predict …