This report describes the results of a research project on the reliability-based optimization of pipeline integrity maintenance activities. The objective of the project was to develop models to quantify the effect of different maintenance activities…
This work aims at establishing reliability-based methods as a useable tool for the design and assessment of onshore natural gas pipelines. This work focuses on several practical issues related to the application of ultimate limit state targets for a…
The practical objective of this study is to demonstrate to the pipeline industry that the limit-state and reliability based design methods have a sound and respectable basis which has generated genuinely valuable application. This study outlines the…
This is a proposed standard for reliability-based design and assessment (RBDA) of onshore natural gas pipelines. The standard is organized into two main sections: requirements and commentary. The requirements section gives an overview of the RBDA…
The reliability-based procedure similar to that presented in this report is useful in risk-informed design and maintenance of pipelines. It allows more effective use of new materials, construction practice, and maintenance procedures. However, the…
The reliability-based procedure similar to that presented in this report is useful in risk-informed design and maintenance of pipelines. It allows more effective use of new materials, construction practice, and maintenance procedures. However, the…
The objective is to develop an integrity management approach that would meet industry needs and could be the basis for codes and standards development by relevant pipeline code commit-tees. The approach is to collaborate with the PRCI SBDA committee…
This report describes work performed to evaluate the feasibility of adapting and extending the existing natural gas pipeline reliability based design and assessment approach to gas facility piping and piping components.
Report describes a set of preliminary reliability targets for low vapor pressure hydrocarbon liquid pipelines. The targets were developed as part of a multi-year program to establish the reliability based design and assessment (RBDA) method as a…