Identification of Factors Influencing Sustainability of Buried Continuous Pipelines

Muhammad Rizwan Akram and Abdullah Can Zülfi̇kar
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Muhammad Rizwan Akram: Department of Civil Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Cumhuriyet, 2254. Sk. No:2, 41400 Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey
Abdullah Can Zülfi̇kar: Department of Civil Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Cumhuriyet, 2254. Sk. No:2, 41400 Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: Threat to the sustainability of buried continuous pipelines (BCPs) can be associated with different factors such as corrosion, natural hazards, and third-party influences. In the past, these factors have been discussed independently by various researchers. Despite these studies, there is still space for a comprehensive review report to be performed in this domain. The purpose of this article is to manage, classify, and describe the literature work done in this sphere. Firstly, the screening of various factors based on their damage criteria has been carried out. An environmental analysis is performed to review the impact of different parameters that can influence the sustainability of BCPs. Further, a technical review on primary factors has been done to examine and measure the causes, damages, mitigation, and inspection techniques. In the last stage, review based decision has been performed. Results of the current study shows that research contribution for corrosion and earthquake factors are in an advanced stage, followed by flood and external surface loads, that are still in progress. However, temperature variations and blast factors are in a premature phase and need broad inspection and research support.

Keywords: buried continuous pipelines; corrosion; earthquake; flood; temperature; blast (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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