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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2018.51.11.959

Water pipe deterioration assessment using ANN-Clustering  

Lee, Sleemin (Department of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Kang, Doosun (Department of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.51, no.11, 2018 , pp. 959-969 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aging water pipes induce various problems, such as water supply suspension due to breakage, insufficient water pressure, deterioration of water quality, damage by sink holes, and economic losses due to water leaks. However, it is impractical and almost impossible to repair and/or replace all deteriorated water pipes simultaneously. Hence, it is required to quantitatively evaluate the deterioration rate of individual pipes indirect way to determine the rehabilitation order of priority. In this study, ANN(Artificial Neural Network)-Clustering method is suggested as a new approach to assess and assort the water pipes. The proposed method has been applied to a water supply network of YG-county in Jeollanam-do. To assess the applicability of the model, the evaluation results were compared with the results of the Numerical Weighting Method (NWM), which is being currently utilized in practice. The assessment results are depicted in a water pipe map to intuitively grasp the degree of deterioration of the entire pipelines. The application results revealed that the proposed ANN-Clustering models can successfully assess the water pipe deterioration along with the conventional approach of NWM.
Keywords
ANN-Clustering; Deterioration assessment; Numerical weighting method; Water pipes;
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