OOPNET: An object-oriented EPANET in Python. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Steffelbauer, D.; Fuchs-Hanusch, D.
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 119(2015)
• Page Start: 710
• Page End: 718
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Water Distribution -- Parallel Computing -- Open Source Project -- Simulaton Software -- Genetic Algorithms -- Optimization; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.924
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: Several attempts of the past aimed to convert EPANET into a bigger open-source project by rewriting EPANET in an object-oriented way. We introduce a Python based object-oriented EPANET (OOPNET) with the purpose to address water engineers that might be not so familiar with complex programming languages like C++ or Java. EPANET input files are translated into the object oriented structure of OOPNET and manipulated and simulated with EPANET's command-line interface through Python. The replacement of EPANET by a hydraulic solver in Python is still ongoing and has the purpose to provide a solution completely written in one programing language.