In the present research, nonlinear vibration in a coupled system of Boron-Nitride nano-tube reinforced composite (BNNTRC) oil pipes is studied. Single-walled Boron-Nitride nano-tubes (SWBNNTs) are arranged in a longitudinal direction inside Poly-vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) matrix. Damping and shearing effects of surrounded medium are taken into account by visco-Pasternak model. Based on piezoele...

This paper presents a study on the flexural behaviour of hybrid composite pipes reinforced with carbon and glass fibres. The progressive failure in three point bending was modelled numerically by Finite Element Analysis (FEA). FEA based model validated against experimental data. With this developed model, effects ply angle, fibre volume fraction hybridisation have been found. It is shown from r...

Buried pipe leakage can lead to poor heat transfer performance and even system failure. Leakage analysis of buried tube greatly affects the operation condition diagnosis for exchange in tube. In this study, simulation software was applied analyzing process efficiency pipes under different conditions. Moreover, changes outlet temperature, water pressure flow rate were simulated at positions dive...

Corrosion in process industries is becoming bigger issue day by day and is also the most common cause of asset failure / forced shutdown in plants. Failure of a pipeline or vessel can be dangerous & costly and have severe environmental consequences. A typical mode of asset failure is wall thinning to a critical thickness due to erosion or internal & external corrosion. To keep track of corrosio...

An experiment featuring waterhammer in viscoelastic pipes is presented in which the effects of pipe-wall viscoelasticity on waterhammer pressures are investigated. A large-scale pipeline apparatus made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, has been used to carry out waterhammer experiments. Tests have been conducted in a reservoir-pipeline-valve system consisting of a...

according to the irrigation systems design standards, allowed pressure variation in lateral pipes is 20 percent. reasons for this rate selection, which since the 60's is performed, are not known. the increased changes in allowed pressure tubes to lateral pipes design, the increased sprinkling system required pressure and the increased nonuniform sprinkler distribution, so energy supply cos...

The paper describes KURT, an autonomous robot platform prototype that is able to navigate through a network of sewage pipes. KURT is a six-wheeled vehicle; it has modular, layered hardware and control architectures. Its sensor connguration consists mainly of stationary and one exible ultrasound transducers and of two inclinometers. In experiments run in a test sewerage system consisting of conc...