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Reliability-Based Replacement of Polyethylene Gas Pipeline Networks

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Lifetime management of underground pipelines is mandatory for safe hydrocarbon transmission and distribution systems. The use of high- density polyethylene tubes under pressure with the presence of external loading requires a reliability study to seek for the ideal operating conditions and the knowledge of the service limits, as reliability analysis is recognized as a powerful decision-making tool for risk-based design and maintenance. During the pipe life, the time-dependent phenomena, especially creep, take place, leading to a reduction of the pipe capacity. The reliability-based assessment of residual stress effects is carried out for underground polyethylene pipelines, under creep deterioration. This work is then applied to define optimal replacement for a gas distribution network, subjected to various operating conditions. The optimization of the total expected cost allows us to define the grouping strategy.

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    Rabia Khelif

  2. LaMI, Polytechnique – Université Blaise Pascal, Campus des Cézeaux, BP 206, 63174, Aubière Cedex, France

    Alaa Chateauneuf

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Khelif, R., Chateauneuf, A. Reliability-Based Replacement of Polyethylene Gas Pipeline Networks. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 8175–8185 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-014-1345-7

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