Methods and apparatus for indicating selected physical parameters in a pipeline
US4522063A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M7/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of detecting inadequately supported sections or overloaded points in a pipeline including the steps of traversing the interior of the pipeline with an instrumentation pig, sequentially striking or vibrating the wall of the pipeline by means carried by the pig to introduce vibratory signals into the pipeline, receiving said signals from within the pipeline by listening to the sounds generated as a consequence of the striking of the interior wall, and detecting preselected characteristics of received sound which are indicative of unsupported sections or of points of load and stress concentration in the pipeline.
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