Water distribution system design – pipe optimization

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Urbano software is used for the design of sewage and water distribution networks. Urbano Hydra is the module used for the design of water distribution systems. You can create complete water distribution system designs, starting from the initial network definition to the analysis of hydraulic results. The hydraulic calculation is based on the EPANET calculation engine.

The usual way to work with Urbano Hydra is to define the pressure pipe network and all necessary data, and then perform the hydraulic calculation using the Epanet engine. after that, you should check the results (mostly flow velocities and pressures). In the case that some results (e.g. flow velocities) are not the best, some pipe diameters should be changed and the calculation should be repeated.

In the case of bigger and more complex ringed systems, this could be tedious task. Urbano Hydra offers a solution - it is possible to make pipe optimization based on flow velocities. You have to set pipe groups that include several acceptable pipe diameters for different parts of the pressurized system and the target flow velocity. Urbano Hydra includes an advanced optimization algorhitm i.e. genetic algorhitm, to vary pipe data to come as close as possible to the target velocity.

Urbano works on Autodesk AutoCAD, Map 3D and Civil 3D 2017-20201

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