Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice: Recent submissions
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Use of Optical Fibers to Investigate Strength Limit States for Pressure Pipe Liners Spanning across Circular Perforations
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Local strain concentrations that develop where cured-in-place pipe liners span across perforations in the wall of the cast iron host pipe have been identified as a key limit state. However, difficulties measuring strain ... -
Durability of District Heating Pipelines Exposed to Thermal Aging and Cyclic Operational Loads
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Fourth generation district heating networks (4GDH) must be designed for future energy systems, integrating renewable volatile energy sources, with lower operation temperatures, and consequent reduction of heat losses and ... -
Structural Design of Close-Fit Liners in Fractured Rigid Circular or Non-Circular Gravity Pipes
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)The French standard for the design of liners for gravity pipe application offers a fully analytical approach for the design of circular and noncircular liners under groundwater pressure. Liners’ geometrical imperfections, ... -
Performance of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe in North Africa: Case Study of the Water Transmission Systems in the Tafilalet Region of Morocco
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)This paper describes the most important results of investigations conducted to determine the causes of the degradation of underground prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) used for the drinking water supply in the ... -
Design–Build Project Administration Practices for the Water Industry
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Water utilities are often required to continue building and improving their water infrastructure assets to meet increasing demands. Innovative project delivery methods, such as design–build (DB), integrate the design and ... -
Drinking Water Pipeline Failure Analysis Based on Spatiotemporal Clustering and Poisson Regression
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Extended high fluctuations of internal water pressure have often been causally linked to pipeline failures in water distribution systems, especially when this exposure has continued over many years. However, as yet, there ... -
Dynamic Analysis and Parameter Optimization of Pipelines with Multidimensional Vibration Isolation and Mitigation Device
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Pipelines are widely used as an economical transmission mode in petroleum transportation, ocean engineering, aerospace engineering, and nuclear industry. However, pipelines are potentially susceptible to vibration in ... -
Novel Method for Discontinuity Detection in Pipelines Carrying Oils and Gases
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Transportation of fluids such as crude oil and natural gases through pipelines is crucial with utmost precaution needed to be taken to avoid leakage or burst of these pipelines. In this paper, a hardware-based novel method ... -
Experimental and Finite-Element Study of Buried Pipes Connected by Bellow Joint under Axial Cyclic Loading
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Pipeline systems are vital but are often damaged severely under earthquake actions. Because a well-designed bellow joint has a high deformation capacity and low stiffness, it can be used as a connector to protect pipes. ... -
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Water Hammer Phenomenon in Pipeline with Fiber Optic Cable
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)This paper investigates the influence of a fiber optic cable inserted into a straight steel pipeline on pressure oscillations occurring during the rapid water hammer phenomenon. In order to numerically simulate water hammer ... -
Numerical Analysis on Solid Particle Erosion in Elbow of a Slurry Conveying Circuit
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)This study investigates the solid particle erosion in an elbow of a slurry conveying circuit by using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT. Erosion wear was predicted by using the Euler-Lagrange model ... -
Flow Properties of Fresh Mud (Drilling Fluid) Used in Horizontal Directional Drilling
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Fresh mud (uncontaminated by soil or rock cuttings) plays important roles during borehole drilling, and its rheology has been studied for years in the oil and gas drilling industry. However, mud properties in those areas ... -
Equivalent Calculation of Critical Collapse Pressure of Flexible Pipes and Parametric Analysis of Collapse Influence Factors
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Collapse bucking is a typical failure mode of flexible pipes during deepwater service. It is essential to investigate the failure characteristics and obtain the accurate critical collapse pressure to improve the design of ... -
Influences of Pipelay Parameters on Dynamic Behavior of Deepwater J-Lay System
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)J-lay is currently the most appropriate technique for pipeline installations in deep and ultradeep waters. Pipelay parameters can significantly influence the dynamic behavior of deepwater J-lay systems. This study proposed ... -
Assessment of Mitigation Measures against Benzene Breakthrough into Subsurface Concrete Pipe
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Work in this paper investigates the efficacy of mitigation measures to minimize the contaminant ingress into subsurface concrete pipes. The 3D study model of the concrete pipe and the soil domain are implemented in Visual ... -
Prediction of Breaks in Municipal Drinking Water Linear Assets
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Improper asset management practices increase the probability of water main failures due to inactive intervention actions. The annual number of breaks of each pipe segment is known as one of the most important criteria for ... -
Combined Analysis of Heavy Crude Oil Viscosity and Stress Acting on the Buried Oil Pipelines
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)This paper investigates the effect of the viscosity of crude oil and stress acting on buried oil pipelines inside dune sand. Due to the increase in energy demand, transportation of all hydrocarbons is obligatory. However, ... -
Using Dune Sand in Controlled Low-Strength Material for Backfilling: Field Installation and Numerical Simulation
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)The deflection of buried pipes depends on the exerted load and the embedment material. The portion of the exerted load transferred by the embedment material depends on the stiffness of the embedment material relative to ... -
Thermal Upheaval Buckling of Buried Pipelines: Experimental Behavior and Numerical Modeling
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Pipelines transporting oil and natural gas may experience upheaval buckling due to substantial compressive forces induced by high temperature and pressure of the fluid content. Such upheaval buckling may pose a major threat ... -
Effects of Lift Thickness, Backfill Material, and Compaction Energy on Utility Trench Backfill Compaction Using Hydraulic Plate Compactors
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Excavator-mounted hydraulic plate compactors have been used extensively for utility trench backfill compaction due to their efficiency. However, there is a need to study their effect on compaction and pipe performance in ...