A Full and Simplified Water Distribution Network Model Comparison of Skeletonization Results
Skeletonization involves simplifying dense large-scale water distribution network (WDN) models by preserving key components that significantly impact network behavior. This study explores five WDNs and implements various skeletonization techniques to help identify a universal criterion for the optim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Engineering Proceedings |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/69/1/72 |
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| Summary: | Skeletonization involves simplifying dense large-scale water distribution network (WDN) models by preserving key components that significantly impact network behavior. This study explores five WDNs and implements various skeletonization techniques to help identify a universal criterion for the optimal level of simplification. Results suggest that diverse skeletonization methods affect network topology and hydraulic accuracy. Single-method techniques tend to preserve hydraulic accuracy better but remove fewer pipes, while hybrid methods sacrifice accuracy for simplified topologies and computational time. In addition, a comparative analysis of SkelEpanet and WNTR software shows comparable performance. Ultimately, this work contributes to addressing uncertainties in transferability to real-world networks. |
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| ISSN: | 2673-4591 |