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Seismic resilience of natural gas systems : improving performance / edited by Peter W. McDonough ; sponsored by Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake engineering monograph ; No. 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural gas pipelines--Design and construction.
- Natural gas pipelines.
- Natural gas pipelines--Safety measures.
- Pipelines--Earthquake effects.
- Pipelines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sponsored by the Gas and Liquid Fuels Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE. Seismic Resilience of Natural Gas Systems: Improving Performance highlights seismic risk mitigation issues of interest to engineers and managers responsible for the performance and safety of natural gas pipelines. Whether an earthquake fault is evident on the surface or hidden underground, faults are the most catastrophic failure mechanism for pipelines, although ground shaking, soil liquefaction, landslides, and tsunamis also threaten the integrity of pipeline systems. When a pipeline carries natural gas, the effects of a rupture can be hazardous to life and destructive to property. This collection of essays examines five different approaches to increasing the seismic resilience of natural gas pipelines: use of geofoam as backfill for pipelines; internal pipe lining techniques to increase pipeline strength; computer-based facility system modeling to anticipate failures; pipeline integrity management, which now includes addressing seismic hazards; and seismic shutoff valves and excess flow valves. This book is an up-to-date reference for engineers and managers working to enhance the seismic resilience of natural gas pipeline systems.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Seismic Hazards; Chapter 2: Protection of Steel Pipelines from Permanent Ground Deformation Using EPS Geofoam; Chapter 3: Internal Pipe Lining as a Mitigation Tool; Chapter 4: System Modeling for Seismic Events; Chapter 5: Pipeline Integrity Management; Chapter 6: Seismic Gas Shutoff Valves and Excess Flow Valves
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7844-7694-2
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