ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025
A Two-Step Method for Impact Source Localization in Operational Water Pipelines Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing.
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Distributed acoustic sensing shows great potential for pipeline monitoring. However, internally deployed and unfixed sensing cables are highly susceptible to disturbances from water flow noise, severely challenging impact source localization. This study proposes a novel two-step method to address this. The first step employs Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) combined with Short-Time Energy Entropy (STEE) for the adaptive extraction of impact signal from noisy data. STEE is introduced as a stable metric to quantify signal impulsiveness and guides the selection of the relevant intrinsic mode function. The second step utilizes the Pruned Exact Linear Time (PELT) algorithm for accurate signal segmentation, followed by an unsupervised learning method combining Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and clustering to identify the impact segment and precisely pick the arrival time based on shape similarity, overcoming the limitations of traditional pickers under conditions of complex noise. Field tests on an operational water pipeline validated the method, demonstrating the consistent localization of manual impacts with standard deviations typically between 1.4 m and 2.0 m, proving its efficacy under realistic noisy conditions. This approach offers a reliable framework for pipeline safety assessments under operational conditions.
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