Application of digital computers to pipe network problems | |
| Author | Chaudhri, Iqtidar Ahmad |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 69 |
| Subject(s) | Pipe Electronic digital computers |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment if the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Pipe network problems often defy rigorous mathematical analysis and therefore must be solved by laborious and time-consuming iterative methods; however the repetitive nature of these calculations renders them particularly suitable for execution by modern high-speed digital computers. This thesis presents, in detail, the procedures and programs developed to solve pipe network problems by electronic computers. The programs are written in the basic FORTRAN language to render them executable by a great variety of computers. Pipe network problems have been grouped as (a) Design problems; (b) Review problems, and (c) Special problems. Whereas the review problems are solved by the modified Hardy Cross method, a relatively new method, that of balancing equivalent lengths in loops has been used to develop programs for the economic design of pipe networks. A program to effect initial flow distribution in a network and an¬ other to automatically determine the residual heads at the nodes of a network have been developed to solve some of the special problems. To illustrate the methods presented herein, a full-scale design prob¬ lem of the water supply network of the city of Bangkok was solved by using the IBM 1620 computer. |
| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dr. John A Roberson; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Dr. Norbert L. Ackermann;Dr. Niwat Daranandana;Dean Milton E. Bender, Jr.; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - SEATO Graduate School of Engineering |