The objective of this report was to assemble strain monitoring information for conventional monitoring methods relevant to pipelines into a single document. The presentation includes a discussion of the basic conventional monitoring techniques, limiting strain criteria and possible intervention responses, practical strain monitoring instrumentation deployment considerations, and a generic plan for conducting pipeline monitoring. The integration of the information presented herein in a strain monitoring program will enhance the reliability and usefulness of strain data that is collected, and it...
The objective of this report was to assemble strain monitoring information for conventional monitoring methods relevant to pipelines into a single document. The presentation includes a discussion of the basic conventional monitoring techniques, limiting strain criteria and possible intervention responses, practical strain monitoring instrumentation deployment considerations, and a generic plan for conducting pipeline monitoring. The integration of the information presented herein in a strain monitoring program will enhance the reliability and usefulness of strain data that is collected, and it will provide consistent, rational criteria for intervention decisions.