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Acknowledgements

Pipelines are valuable assets serving human beings for hundreds of years. Many
industries such as oil and gas, and water authorities are dealing with maintenance
and management of this infrastructure. Old and deteriorating pipelines frequently
fail and cause substantial economic loss, environmental impacts and social dam-
age resulting tremendous cost, inconvenience, and loss of public goodwill.
This publication tries to present trustworthy methodologies for accurate calcu-
lation of structural reliability of in-service pipelines and suggest maintenance and
inspection approaches.
The author would like to express his deepest appreciation to Prof. Chun Qing
Li and Prof. Amir Alani who provided guidance through his academic research
on pipeline reliability analysis, since 2010.
The author also acknowledges the inputs and contributions by Vahid Aryai,
Aslihan Goru, and Anna Romanova in preparing some sections of the book.
In preparation of this book, some source materials have been used from vari-
ous standards, handbooks, and technical papers. Acknowledgment is given
throughout the book where materials are used.

Dr. Mojtaba Mahmoodian
April 2018

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