Project Profiles

Repair Sleeve Testing and Validation

Selected Papers (pdf format)

Wind-Induced Vibration Monitoring
Highly Tensioned Suspended Pipelines
Development of a Pipeline Surface Loading Screening Process
Prediction of Strain Demands in Pipelines Subject to Frost Heave
"Digital Pigging" as a Basis for Improved Pipeline Structure Integrity
Assessment of 70 year old Pipeline Subject to Seismic Deformation
Geometry Pig Inertial Survey Data at the Colville River
Guidelines for Pipelines Exposed to Landslide/Subsidence Hazards
Impact of High Frequency Wind-UInduced Vibtation on Arctic Pipelines
Material Model for Pipeline Steels
Unique Pipeline Fault Crossing Design for Highly Focused Fault
Geometry Monitoring of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Fatigue Calculations of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline/Thompson Pass
Tuned Vibration Absorbers for Above Ground Vibration Control
Mitigation of Wind-Induced Vibration of Arctic Pipeline Systems

Full encirclement repair sleeves are very often used for repairing pipelines. When pipelines are externally corroded or damaged, repair sleeves provide the hoop stress reinforcement necessary to allow the pipeline to continue operating at high pressures. So the good news is...

Pipeline Design at San Andreas Fault Crossing

The All American oil transmission pipeline crosses the San Andreas fault zone southwest of Bakersfield, California. The possibility of fault rupture in the fault zone during a major earthquake is a source of concern, since this could result in pipeline damage or failure. All ...

Innovative Solution for Wind Induced Vibration

When ARCO Alaska, Inc. observed that their above-ground pipelines in arctic oil fields were undergoing significant levels of wind-induced vibration (WIV), they called on SSD to tackle the problem. This project gave SSD the opportunity to provide a full problem solving service to ...