Abstract
The necessity of ensuring precise and rigorous requirements of technical infrastructure elements determines development of software tools which should ease and simplify the process of designing. The routing of water distribution network (WDN) is one of the first steps in the design process of the whole water supply system. Similar design steps can be observed in other linear technical infrastructure systems, such as: electric networks or roads. Despite the fact that WDNs routing problem has been widely explored in scientific literature, the universal and optimal routing method is still being sought after. The following paper presents the exemplary application of an original software tool for the WDNs routing. The hybrid structure software, written in C++ and AutoLISP programming languages, is based on elements of fractal geometry and graph theory. Software allows semi-automatic routing process of single-source, branched networks and support a designer with mathematical substantiation of a selected solution. In the following paper, software was tested in conditions of a model settlement unit. The obtained results revealed potential of further application of software as well as disclosed weaknesses of a program.
Highlights
The process of shaping geometrical structures of distribution networks is one of the basic tasks that determine their further operational reliability, investment and operational costs, as well as comfort and safety of structure users [1]
The aim of this paper is to present the application of an original, designed by authors, software tool for routing distribution networks
In accordance to the initial requirements of TRAS software, the model settlement unit plan was prepared by numbering nodes and drawing street axes
Summary
The process of shaping geometrical structures of distribution networks is one of the basic tasks that determine their further operational reliability, investment and operational costs, as well as comfort and safety of structure users [1]. It is especially important in accordance with network objects of a critical character, such as: water supply, sewage, roads, energy, heat or telecommunication networks [2,3,4]. The problematic character of network structures description causes that no method developed so far is universal and possible to apply for any urban territories. Some solutions have been provided for branched WDNs [21,22], while designing of looped or mixed WDNs is not supported sufficiently yet
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