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The Journal provides a method for timely and in-depth exchange of technical information, and will support the professional interests of a broad group of engineers and researchers from academia, industry, and government with an interest in engineering, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of pipeline systems.
Content Coverage
The Journal includes content with respect to onshore and offshore pipeline systems engineering and technology for long distance transmission, gathering lines, service lines, distribution systems, and transportation networks. The pipeline systems may play a role in municipal or civil society, energy industry or other business sectors for the transportation of fluids, materials, commodities, and freight. The Journal covers the area of technical interest summarized by the following (non-exclusive) bulleted list, which may be addressed by analytical studies, physical testing programs, computational methods, full‑scale trials or operational experiences and case studies.
· Route Selection and Information Technology
o Field investigations, engineering surveys, and remote sensing
o Geographic information systems and technology
o Global positioning systems (GPS)
o Database management
· Line pipe Fabrication, Materials Selection and Mechanical Properties
o Rigid and flexible
o Iron, steel, alloys, concrete, plastics, composites, hybrids and smart materials
o Seamless, expanded, spiral, clad and lined
o Thermo‑mechanical, formwork, extrusion, and pultrusion
o Internal and external coatings for corrosion protection, stability and thermal insulation
o Isotropic and anisotropic behavior
o Pipeline joining and fittings
· Pipeline System Hydraulics
o Process and hydraulic simulation models
o Single and multi‑phase flow
o Steady‑state, transient and surge analysis
o Heat transfer models
o Flow measurement and assurance
· Corrosion and Deterioration Mechanisms and Protection Systems
o Internal and external corrosion control
o Sweet, sour and microbial
o General, blister, pitting, undercutting and cracking
o Thermal and photosensitivity effects for thermoplastics
o Coatings, passive and active systems
o Stress corrosion cracking
· Joining Processes
o Welding, explosive, mechanical joining and adhesively bonded joints
o Consumables, heat affected zone and residual stresses
o Procedures, workmanship, automated processes, inspection techniques and acceptance criteria
o Engineering critical assessment
· Analysis and Design
o Developments in codes, specifications, standards and recommended practices
o Stress based and strain based design
o System demand and capacity (loads and resistance) calculations
o Strength, stability, failure mechanisms and limit states
· Risk and Reliability
o Risk analysis, evaluation, control and management
o Hazard identification, frequency estimates and consequence analysis
o Risk estimation, risk significance and options assessment
o Reliability targets, statistical characterization of input variables, limit state functions and reliability estimates
· Construction and Installation Methods
o Offshore tow, S-lay, J-Lay and reel installation
o Onshore conventional lay spread
o Trenchless installation, pipe replacement, repair and renewal technologies
o Water, road, infrastructure and utility crossings
o Repair gouges, grooves and dents
· Performance Characterization and Quality Assurance
o Destructive characterization
o Non-destructive characterization
o Damage detection methodologies
o In-service health monitoring
· Facilities Operation, Maintenance and Repair
o Pumping, compressing, heating and chilling stations
o Manholes
o Volumetric and mass flow meter stations
o Valves and pigging facilities
o Lateral, branch and tie-in connections
o Above and below ground storage vessels and tanks
· Integrity Management
o Pressure control, overpressure protection, HIPPS and line break controls
o Manual, in‑line, remote and automated structural health monitoring and inspection techniques
o Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and data management
o Third-party interference, damage prevention and communications
o Security systems
· Project Management and Systems Engineering
o Optimization techniques, economic analysis, decision theory, risk and uncertainty, management techniques and network analysis
o Planning and scheduling
o Pipeline asset management
o Pipeline inventory and inspection methods
o Life-cycle-cost analysis
o Managing and identifying risks
o Providing a defined level of service
o Capacity, management, operation and maintenance (CMOM) issues
o Sustainability issues
· Miscellaneous
o Freight pipelines
o Pneumatic capsule pipelines
o Cargo capsules
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