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Steel Pipelines Inline Magnetic Flux Leakage Tool Streamlines Inspection
Author(s) -
Galleher John,
Rothwel Stephen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2013.39.0042
Subject(s) - magnetic flux leakage , pipeline transport , leakage (economics) , streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines , pipeline (software) , engineering , petroleum engineering , mortar , forensic engineering , reliability engineering , marine engineering , civil engineering , construction engineering , computer science , environmental science , geology , mechanical engineering , magnet , economics , macroeconomics , aerospace engineering , oceanography
Pipeline failures aren't new. As US infrastructure reaches the end of its operational life, however, failures are becoming more frequent. Without a reliable way to assess the condition of cement‐mortar lined pipelines, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission set out to develop its own technology.