Pipelines carrying energy products play vital roles in economic wealth and public safety, but
incidents continue occurring. Condition assessment of pipelines is essential to identify …

As the ocean development process speeds up, the technical means of ocean exploration
are being upgraded. Due to the characteristics of seawater and the complex underwater …

Pipelines play an important role in the national/international transportation of natural gas,
petroleum products, and other energy resources. Pipelines are set up in different …

One of the largest movers of the world economy is the oil and gas industry. The industry
generates billions of barrels of oil to match more than half the world's energy demands …

The growing population and increasing demand for surface transportation have highlighted
the importance of maintaining safe and reliable civil infrastructures for daily use. Among all …

Elbows are commonly used in pipelines to change the direction of flow, and the pipeline
elbows are prone to erosion caused by the transported medium. Detection of the pipeline …

Corrosion has been a great concern in the oil and natural gas industry costing billions of
dollars annually in the US The ability to monitor corrosion online before structural integrity is …

Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) testing is a widely used nondestructive testing (NDT) method
for the inspection of ferromagnetic materials. This review paper presents the basic principles …

Background The use of new technologies is growing, and some authors have suggested
that frequent use might hide a non‐chemical addiction (ie, technological addiction). Over the …

Oil and gas pipelines transport and distribute large quantities of oil products and natural gas
to industrial and residential customers over a long distance. However, pipeline failures could …