Berkeley Fluids Seminar
University of California, Berkeley
Bring your lunch and enjoy learning about fluids!
April 14, 2014
Anna Lieb (Mathematics, UC Berkeley)
Modeling and Optimization for Intermittent Water Supply
In cities throughout the developing world, piped water is supplied only intermittently, as valves are used to direct water to different parts of a water distribution system at different times. The causes of intermittency are complex, but several consequences are clear: degradation of water quality and of distribution system components. This talk will introduce the problem, go over a simple model for transient dynamics, and present preliminary results for optimization problems motivated by practical concerns. Specifically, I will look at controlling valve parameters which occur as boundary conditions in a network model of transition flow through pipes.
Acknowledgments
Prof. Graham Fleming (Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Eliot Quataert on behalf of The Theoretical Astrophysics Center and the Astronomy Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Philip S. Marcus on behalf of the Mechanical Engineering Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Michael Manga (Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Evan Variano (Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley)