DE ALMEIDA, Fabrício César Lobato;BRENNAN, Michael John;JOSEPH, Phillip Frederick;DRAY, Simon ;WHITFIELD, Stuart ;PASCHOALINI, Amarildo Tabone.
Measurement of Wave Attenuation in Buried Plastic Water Distribution Pipes.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 60, n.5, p. 298-306, june 2018.
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/sl/article/measurement-of-wave-attenuation-in-buried-plastic-water-distribution-pipes/>. Date accessed: 30 jan. 2026.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2014.1830.
de Almeida, F., Brennan, M., Joseph, P., Dray, S., Whitfield, S., & Paschoalini, A.
(2014).
Measurement of Wave Attenuation in Buried Plastic Water Distribution Pipes.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 60(5), 298-306.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2014.1830
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"Measurement of Wave Attenuation in Buried Plastic Water Distribution Pipes." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 60.5 (2014): 298-306. Web. 30 Jan. 2026
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de Almeida, Fabrício César, Brennan, Michael, Joseph, Phillip, Dray, Simon, Whitfield, Stuart, AND Paschoalini, Amarildo.
"Measurement of Wave Attenuation in Buried Plastic Water Distribution Pipes" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 60 Number 5 (28 June 2018)
