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Simulation-based life cycle cost modeling and maintenance plan for water mains
Life cycle cost (LCC) is an essential approach to decide on alternative rehabilitation strategies for infrastructure systems, such as water mains. The research presented in this article identifies several rehabilitation methods for water mains, which are classified into three main categories: repair, renovation and replacement. A simulation-based LCC (SLCC) model is developed to compare different rehabilitation scenarios/alternatives for various types of water mains (i.e. cast iron, ductile iron, concrete, polyvinyl chloride and asbestos cement). Results show that ‘open trench’ and ‘slip lining’ are the most appropriate methods for the ‘repair’ and ‘renovation’ categories, respectively. However, the most suitable method for the ‘replacement’ category is ‘pipe bursting’ for pipe diameters less than 750 mm (<30″) and ‘open cut’ for pipe diameters greater than 750 mm (>30″). A rehabilitation plan is developed based on the SLCC results. This plan recommends repairing pipes using ‘open trench’ until the breakage rate reaches 0.5 breaks/km/year, then, replace the pipe beyond this threshold. Based on the designed SLCC model, web-based software is developed to determine the optimal rehabilitation scenarios. The developed model and software help academics and practitioners (e.g. municipal engineers) to predict the suitable new installation and/or rehabilitation programs as well as their corresponding costs.
Simulation-based life cycle cost modeling and maintenance plan for water mains
Life cycle cost (LCC) is an essential approach to decide on alternative rehabilitation strategies for infrastructure systems, such as water mains. The research presented in this article identifies several rehabilitation methods for water mains, which are classified into three main categories: repair, renovation and replacement. A simulation-based LCC (SLCC) model is developed to compare different rehabilitation scenarios/alternatives for various types of water mains (i.e. cast iron, ductile iron, concrete, polyvinyl chloride and asbestos cement). Results show that ‘open trench’ and ‘slip lining’ are the most appropriate methods for the ‘repair’ and ‘renovation’ categories, respectively. However, the most suitable method for the ‘replacement’ category is ‘pipe bursting’ for pipe diameters less than 750 mm (<30″) and ‘open cut’ for pipe diameters greater than 750 mm (>30″). A rehabilitation plan is developed based on the SLCC results. This plan recommends repairing pipes using ‘open trench’ until the breakage rate reaches 0.5 breaks/km/year, then, replace the pipe beyond this threshold. Based on the designed SLCC model, web-based software is developed to determine the optimal rehabilitation scenarios. The developed model and software help academics and practitioners (e.g. municipal engineers) to predict the suitable new installation and/or rehabilitation programs as well as their corresponding costs.
Simulation-based life cycle cost modeling and maintenance plan for water mains
Shahata, Khaled (author) / Zayed, Tarek (author)
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering ; 9 ; 403-415
2013-05-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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