Liners can protect pipelines during earthquakes
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 05:01
in Earth & Climate
Cornell civil engineers report that retrofitting pipelines with "cured-in-place pipe" (CIPP) linings – flexible tubular membranes saturated with thermosetting resin – would prevent earthquake damage to seismically vulnerable, 50- to 100-year-old cast iron U.S. pipelines.