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Enhanced prediction of pipe failure through transient simulation-aided logistic regression

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  • Zhong, Dan
  • Huang, Chaoyuan
  • Ma, Wencheng
  • Deng, Liming
  • Zhou, Jinbo
  • Xia, Ying

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To reduce leakage and improve the stability of the water supply system, water companies are increasingly adopting pipe failure prediction models based on hydraulic and non-hydraulic factors. However, these companies often face the challenge of limited data and conventional hydraulic factors have limited predictive capability in capturing the complex dynamics of pipe failures. This study proposed a logistic regression model based on hydraulic transient simulation, illustrated with the real case of a Chinese city. The data recorded included 246 pipe failures in one year. The model considered the influence of pressure, flow rate variations, and the network topology of the water supply system through hydraulic transient simulation and quantitatively analyzed the simulation results. The logistic regression model combined non-hydraulic factors with the quantitative analysis results of hydraulic factors to predict pipe failures. This study risk-categorized six areas that were prone to pipe failures. The developed model demonstrated significant accuracy and reliability in predicting pipe failures at high-risk levels. 75.61 % of true failure events were correctly predicted and the area under the curve values (AUC) value increased from 0.706 to 0.809 when incorporating transient simulation. This demonstrates that the model is effective in capturing the dynamic characteristics of the hydraulic factors and exhibits a high degree of accuracy even with a limited amount of data. This provides a feasible solution for water companies to accurately predict pipe failures.

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  • Zhong, Dan & Huang, Chaoyuan & Ma, Wencheng & Deng, Liming & Zhou, Jinbo & Xia, Ying, 2025. "Enhanced prediction of pipe failure through transient simulation-aided logistic regression," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 260(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:260:y:2025:i:c:s0951832025001164
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2025.110913
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