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Abstract

The efficiency of water supply networks is an important issue. In order to reduce water losses, policies of leak reduction are essential. The paper deals with a preliminary study on the use of vibration monitoring tools for the detection of leaks in water service pipelines. The long-term project is the development of a system for automatically detecting burst leaks occurring in service pipes. Preliminary experimental tests were performed on both a test rig and an actual service pipe of the water distribution system. Three main objectives were achieved: firstly, the effectiveness of vibration monitoring for leak detection purposes was assessed providing a positive response; then, a prototypal detection procedure was studied, implemented and tested on the preliminary experimental data; finally, the specifications for a prototypal acquisition equipment were also determined. This paper illustrates the experimental campaign and its main results.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://hdl.handle.net/11585/185303

• http://hdl.handle.net/11585/185306

• http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-39348-8_46,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39348-8_46

• http://www.diem.ing.unibo.it/personale/.../troncossi/ABSTRACTs/abs_CMMNO13.pdf,

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-39348-8_46,

http://diem1.ing.unibo.it/personale/troncossi/ABSTRACTs/abs_CMMNO13.pdf,

https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-39348-8_46,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2273291045