A Full and Simplified Water Distribution Network Model Comparison of Skeletonization Results
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: 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.
Institution: University College Dublin
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: University College Dublin
OpenAlex ID: W4402275898