2nd Edition
Introduction to Urban Water Distribution, Second Edition Problems & Exercises
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
1 Workshop problems
1.1 Water demand
1.2 Single pipe calculation
1.3 Branched systems
1.4 Looped systems
1.5 Hydraulics of storage and pumps
1.6 Examination problems
1.7 Examination true-false tests
2 Network modelling workshop
2.1 Learning objectives and set-up
2.2 Case introduction
2.3 Preparing the models
2.4 Questions part 1 – direct pumping
2.5 Questions part 2 – balancing storage
2.6 Epanet raw case network model – cws.net (INP-format)
2.7 Answer sheets – solutions 1/150
3 Network design exercise
3.1 Learning objectives and set-up
3.2 Case introduction – the town of Safi
3.3 Questions
3.4 Hydraulic design
3.5 System operation
3.6 Final layouts
4 Network rehabilitation exercise
4.1 Learning objectives and set-up
4.2 Case introduction – Nametown
4.3 Design steps and corresponding questions
4.4 The layout of the design report
4.5 The tutorial
5 Minor loss factors
5.1 Bends and elbows
5.2 Enlargements and reducers
5.3 Branches
5.4 Inlets and outlets
5.5 Flow meters
5.6 Valves
6 Hydraulic tables, D = 50–1600 mm, S = 0.0005–0.02
6.1 k = 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5 mm at T = 10º C
6.2 k = 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5 mm at T = 20º C
7 Spreadsheet hydraulic lessons – Overview
7.1 Single pipe calculation
7.2 Pipes in parallel and series
7.3 Branched network layouts
7.4 Looped network layouts
7.5 Gravity supply
7.6 Pumped supply
7.7 Combined supply
7.8 Water demand
8 EPANET – Version 2
8.1 Installation
8.2 Using the programme
8.3 Input data
8.4 Viewing results
8.5 Copying to the Clipboard or to a File
8.6 Error and warning messages
8.7 Troubleshooting results
9 Unit conversion table
Biography
Nemanja Trifunović is an Associate Professor of Water Supply Engineering at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in Delft, The Netherlands. He is a specialist in the field of water distribution, in general, and in the application of computer models in urban distribution networks, in particular. Apart from lecturing assignments, the author is involved in the guidance of MSc research as well as in organising various forms of training, including the development and implementation of online courses in water distribution. Numerous lecturing missions that he has conducted all over the world include participation in various capacity development projects and educational and training programmes. In addition to his academic duties, in his nearly 30-years long career at IHE the author served as the programme coordinator of The Sanitary Engineering Masters programme and was the director of large capacity development projects conducted at universities and water utilities in Ghana, South Africa and Mozambique.
