Methods circuits assemblies devices systems and functionally associated machine executable code for mechanical failure classification condition assessment and remediation recommendation

A method for pipe network failure classification, said method comprising:

• monitoring operation conditions of at least one pipe of a pipe network and logging operation related parameter values collected by one or more sensors deployed in, on or in proximity to the at least one pipe of the pipe network;
• monitoring environment conditions of the at least one pipe of the pipe network and collecting related parameter values;
• intermittently receiving network part environment parameter values;
• receiving an indication of a pipe failure in the pipe network or learning of a pipe failure in the pipe network by accessing a pipe network failures database that stores records of operation related parameter values collected by the one or more sensors, and finding an indication of a pipe failure therein;
• referencing records of a pipe network parts database that stores feature parameter value records of pipes in the pipe network;
• retrieving one or more feature parameter values associated with a failed pipe;
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• classifying the pipe failure into one of two or more failure categories associated with different failure causes, based on at least one collected value of operation parameters of the failed pipe, one collected value of environment parameters of the failed pipe and one retrieved value from the feature parameter value records of the pipe network parts database.