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Locating Leaks in Plastic Water Pipes
Author(s) -
Lange Gösta
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2002.tb01658.x
Subject(s) - leak , acoustics , noise (video) , accelerometer , leak detection , active listening , background noise , computer science , water pipe , amplitude , engineering , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , communication , environmental engineering , sociology , image (mathematics) , inlet , operating system
This article discusses locating leaks in plastic water pipes using listening or acoustic devices. The different acoustic properties of plastic v. metal pipes are discussed, along with an approach that makes use of the amplitude difference between leak noise and background noise by relying on human senses to help discern typical leak sounds in the presence of a noisy background. Hydrophones and accelerometers are compared and instructions for using hydrophones are given.