Speeding up the water distribution network design optimization using the ΔQ method

• Published in: Journal of hydroinformatics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 33 - 48
• Main Authors: Ivetic, Damjan, Vasilic, Zeljko, Stanic, Milos, Prodanovic, Dusan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London IWA Publishing 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Algorithms; Civil engineering; Computation; Computational efficiency; Computational fluid dynamics; Computers; Computing time; Corrections; Design optimization; Distribution; Distribution management; Evaluation; Flow velocity; Fluid flow; Genetic algorithms; Hydraulics; International conferences; Methods; Network design; Parallel processing; Software; Solutions; Solvers; Water distribution; Water engineering; Water shortages; Water supply; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US

To optimize the design of a water distribution network (WDN), a large number of possible solutions need to be examined; hence computation efficiency is an important issue. To accelerate the computation, one can use more powerful computers, parallel computing systems with adapted hydraulic solvers, h...