Installing flexible oil pipes in deep underwater environments is a risky operation, which is currently monitored by manually comparing the geometric conditions to the simulated studies. In order to avoid this error-prone assessment, this paper proposes an algorithm to track and reconstruct the pipe medial axis using stereo cameras. By taking advantage of the scenario illumination and the pipe t...

We have developed WaterWOLF, a new electronic system and signal processing algorithm for evaluating flow components in pipes. These techniques nonintrusively convert an existing flow meter into a high resolution wireless meter for determining flow rates in real-time. These techniques exploit new tunneling magneto-resistive materials (TMR) for detecting very small magnetic fields generated by ce...

HiMod is a model reduction technique to describe phenomena with a dominant dynamics, possibly featuring local relevant transverse components, like for blood flow in arteries, water in rivers, oil in pipes. In particular, HiMod obtains surrogate models by resorting to a different discretization of the full problem along the main and the transverse dynamics, respectively. Originally, the mainstre...

BACKGROUND Crack pipe sharing can increase health risks among people who use drugs, yet the reasons for sharing these pipes have not been well described. Therefore, we sought to identify the prevalence and correlates of crack pipe sharing among a community-recruited sample of people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, a setting where crack pipes are provided at low or no cost. FINDINGS Data f...

Abstract Thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) are a form of fibre reinforced thermoplastic that have proven benefits such as being lightweight and non-corrosive. However, during manufacturing, certain defects induced because parameters which eventually affect TCP performance in-service. Current manufacturing techniques challenged with on-the-spot detection the pipe is regularly monitored. When d...

Because of their wide application in industries requiring high pressure and temperature, manufacturing square and rectangular pipes have attracted more attention than ever before. There are various methods such as extrusion, tensile and stress for manufacturing square pipes. Another method on which studies have focused in recent years is the re-forming of round pipes in order to turn them into ...

Failures in the water distribution network are some most important factors in water losses, water shortage and dissatisfaction of users and secondary pollutions as well. This research aimed to analyze failure in water distribution networks during 2006-2008, for better water management. Daily failure reports in Ahvaz, Iran distribution network during 2006-2008, were collected from emergency depa...

In the present work, structure health monitoring (SHM) of welded steel pipes was used to diagnosis their state via vibration based damage detection techniques. The dynamic quantities such as Frequency Response Functions (FRFs), mode shapes and modal parameters from structural vibration to detect damage were measured, set on linear averaging mode, with a maximum frequency of analysis of 3.2 kHz....

Scale formation in the oil and gas industry, evaporation plants, reverse osmosis desalination processes, steam generators, boilers, cooling water towers and pipes is a serious problem, causing significant plugging of wells, pipe-lines, membranes, and increasing the production expenses [1,2]. A widely used technique for controlling scale deposition is an application of chemical inhibitors [1-4]....

Steel pipes are widely used in high-risk and high-pressure scenarios such as oil, chemical, natural gas, shale etc. If there is some defect steel pipes, it will lead to serious adverse consequences. Applying object detection the field of deep learning pipe weld identification can effectively improve inspection efficiency promote development industrial automation. Most predecessors traditional c...