Error Analysis of Some Demand Simplifications in Hydraulic Models of Water Supply Networks

Table 1

Values of 𝐹_𝑄𝑑 as a function of 𝐹_𝑄 and 𝑛 when solving (9).

𝑛 (order)	𝐹𝑄
	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0
1 (1)	0.472	0.438	0.397	0.349	0.293
3 (2)	0.485	0.466	0.442	0.413	0.376
7 (3)	0.488	0.473	0.455	0.432	0.402
11 (4)	0.489	0.475	0.457	0.435	0.407
19 (5)	0.490	0.477	0.461	0.441	0.415
inf (6)	0.491	0.479	0.465	0.446	0.423