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Analysis of water distribution networks using MATLAB and Excel spreadsheet: Q‐based methods
Author(s) -
Niazkar Majid,
Afzali Seied Hosein
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.21796
Subject(s) - matlab , computer science , simple (philosophy) , focus (optics) , network analysis , software engineering , computer engineering , engineering drawing , programming language , engineering , electrical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , optics
With the emergence of computers, literatures of water distribution network (WDN), and application of computer‐aided programs for modeling WDNs have been significantly improved. Although MATLAB and Excel spreadsheet provide suitable facilities for both academic and practical purposes, the comprehensive application of these programs in WDN analysis has not been addressed. In this paper, the step‐by‐step implementation of three Q‐based methods is presented for solving WDNs using these programs. In order to focus more on the educational aspects of computer application, a simple pipe network is analyzed using these Q‐based methods. However, as basics of the implementation are sufficiently covered, the provided codes can be improved to analyze more complicated pipe networks. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 25:277–289, 2017; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae ; DOI 10.1002/cae.21796