Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice: Recent submissions
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Acoustic Emission Leak Detection on a Metal Pipeline Buried in Sandy Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)An acoustic emission (AE) method was used to detect leaks and discern their location under flow conditions in a 304.8-m-long, 305-mm-diameter buried steel pipeline at the New Jersey Institute of Technology/U.S. Environmental ... -
Numerical Analyses of the Stress and Limiting Load for Buried Gas Pipelines under Excavation Machine Impact
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper investigates buried gas pipelines impacted by an excavator bucket, in addition to the digging load driven by the hydrocylinder of an excavator, and the impact caused by liquid pressure oscillation and the inertial ... -
Special Section on the International Conference on Pipelines and Trenchless Technology 2011 (ICPTT 2011)—Part 1
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General Model for Water-Distribution Pipe Breaks: Development, Methodology, and Application to a Small City in Quebec, Canada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)To model water-pipe breaks a generalization is proposed of an approach where a Weibull exponential model was used for simulation. In this study, a generalization of this approach was performed by developing a general model ... -
Design, Analysis, and Full-Scale Testing of the Rolled Groove Gasket Joint System in AWWA C303 Bar-Wrapped, Steel-Cylinder Concrete Pressure Pipe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents full-scale testing results of a 1,370-mm (54-in.) nominal diameter prototype rolled groove joint incorporated into a bar-wrapped concrete pressure pipe manufactured to American Water Works Association ... -
Web-Based and Geospatially Enabled Risk Screening Tool for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper focuses on the development of a web-based geospatial tool as a proof of concept to assist water utilities in performing a network-level risk screening of their buried water and wastewater pipeline infrastructure ... -
Damage Discrimination Analysis with Quantification Theory for Sewage Pipe System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The damage caused by the aging of sewage pipe systems has become one of the major rising problems in modern cities. The traditional method to search for damage points of sewage pipes is the use of cameras and human ... -
Protection Control Scheme and Evaluation of Effects on Pipeline Crossing beneath Landslide Area
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Long-distance natural gas transmission pipelines are planned to pass through the mountain area of midwest China, portions of which are threatened by severe landslide hazards. Therefore, the protection plan and control ... -
Brief History of Upheaval Buckling Studies for Subsea Buried Pipeline
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Since the early seventies, pipelines have become one of the main means of transporting oil and gas offshore in many parts of the world. In-service hydrocarbons must be transported at high temperature and pressure to ease ... -
Self-Burial and Potential Hazards of a Submarine Pipeline in the Sand Wave Area in the South China Sea
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The hazardous exposure and self-burial of a submarine pipeline were studied based on the investigation of a submarine pipeline in the sand wave area in the South China Sea, as well as on statistical data and mathematical ... -
Mechanics of Three-Dimensional Pipeline Scour in Unidirectional Steady Current
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The three-dimensional flow velocity components at the span shoulder, which is located at the junction of a submarine pipeline and the associated scour hole, are measured in unidirectional steady current in order to investigate ... -
Performance of Cast-Iron-Pipe Bell-Spigot Joints Subjected to Overburden Pressure and Ground Movement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Bell split, in which a shard is separated from the bell end of a bell-spigot joint, is a predominant failure mode (in addition to longitudinal facture) that is observed in lead-caulked bell-spigot joints of large-diameter ... -
Risk-Based Maintenance of a Cross-Country Petroleum Pipeline System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper proposes a data-driven approach in determining an optimal inspection interval for a petroleum pipeline system. The approach accounts for the determination of both the probability of failure and its associated ... -
Impact of Millimeter-Size Silicon Microchips on the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Samples Tested under Flexural Bending, Long-Term Creep, and Impact Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)One way to continuously monitor the whole water distribution system is to equip pipes with many small sensors. If these sensors are to be integrated within the pipe walls, it is important to assess their impact on the ... -
Estimation of Critical Velocity for Slurry Transport through Pipeline Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interference System and Gene-Expression Programming
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)One of the important trends of development of hydromechanization in hydraulic engineering is the transport of solids in the form of slurries. Slurry is a thick suspension of solids in a liquid. Clogging of the pipeline ... -
Bonding Integrity Study between Steel Pipeline and Composite Wraps Using Structural Health Monitoring Technique
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents results and analysis of pressure tests performed on carbon steel pipes with external defects repaired using composite materials. These results are part of a broader study on the structural health ... -
Validation of Photogrammetric Monitoring for Trenchless Construction Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A primary concern of owners specifying trenchless installation and rehabilitation methods are surface movements during construction. Surface heave or settlement can occur as a result of contractor methodology, design, or ... -
Self-Adaptive PSO-GA Hybrid Model for Combinatorial Water Distribution Network Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)In modern civilization, water distribution network has a substantial role in preserving the desired living standard. It has different components such as pipe, pump, and control valve to convey water from the supply source ... -
Causes of Natural Gas Pipeline Explosive Ruptures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Large crater-forming pipeline explosive ruptures in the past 25 years are briefly reviewed in this paper. The National Transportation Safety Board reports on these accidents have found the mechanical failure of damaged or ... -
Differences of MMF and USLE Models for Soil Loss Prediction along BTC and SCP Pipelines
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The main goal of this study is to assess the Morgan-Morgan-Finney (MMF) and the universal soil loss equation (USLE) erosion models in the prediction of soil degradation along the corridor of oil and gas pipelines. In the ...