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Design of Non-Destructive Evaluation Robot Using Magnetic Flux Leakage for Main Water Pipe

Authors:
Jaekyu An
Soeun Son
Jongho Bae
Yong Sub Kwon
Eui-Jung Jung
Goobong Chung

Keywords: main water pipe; waterworks; pipe; robot; NDE; MFL

Abstract:
Many infrastructures in the world include pipe systems, e.g., gas, oil, water, electricity, air circulation, and etc. Using the pipe system for a delivery of such materials allows for easy human control. However, if the pipe is broken or contaminated, the process is disturbed and the risk cost for the society can increase substantially. For instance, contaminations in fluids like air and water may result in spreading of diseases. Therefore, maintenance of the pipe is crucial. For a long period of time, identification of a pipe requiring a repair only depended on its installation time because its condition is not exposed until the pipe is destructed or cut. Recently, non-destructive evaluation technology and robotics are changing the paradigm of the identification process. Maintenance technicians can identify faulty pipes from reliable data, collected directly from the pipes, instead of their installation period. In this paper, we propose a robot design with Non-Destructive evaluation (NDE) for waterworks pipes.

Pages: 1 to 5

Copyright: Copyright (c) The Government of Korea, 2019. Used by permission to IARIA.

Publication date: July 28, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-730-6

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 28, 2019 to August 2, 2019