This presentation summarizes a student project on monitoring pipeline bending and buckling through strain gauges. A team of 4 students led by Jamshid Khan is working under advisor Dr. Naseer Ahmad. The project aims to detect pipeline damage through strain gauges. Objectives include determining pipe lifetime, rapidly detecting damages, and reducing ruptures. The team has made 54% progress, including designing strain gauges, an amplifier, microcontroller, and conducting an ANSYS analysis on a steel pipe model. Future work involves practical experiments, a wireless system, and microcontroller programming.
HARDNESS, FRACTURE TOUGHNESS AND STRENGTH OF CERAMICS
Bending and Buckling Test
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Monitoring Bending and Buckling of Long
Pipelines Through Strain Gauges
3rd FYP Presentation
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Group Members
• Jamshid Khan (GL)
• Asad Jahangir
• Hafeez Ullah
• Faisal Ziyad
Advisor
• Dr. Naseer Ahmad
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Content
• Introduction
• Aim
• Objectives
• Progress Report
• Strain Gauge
• Literature Survey
• Complete Detail Design
• Material Selection
• Complete CAD Model
• Conclusion
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Introduction
• Pipeline system are widely used for distribution and transportation of
petroleum, natural gas, water and sewage.
• During their service life, the pipelines face many threats such as bending
and buckling.
• These damages occurs due to
Temperature change
Internal pressure
Ground movement.
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Objective
• To find the life time of pipes
• To rapidly detect damages in pipes
• To secure humans life due to the damage or leakage of gas in pipes
• To save power by using wireless network to detect specific leakage point
in real time.
• To reduce pipeline rupture in short interval of times by signal networks.
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Progress report
• In this project the team has made development in design and show progress in
other aspect of the project which will cover 54% of the final prototype.
• Our team has shown progress in following aspect that include
1. Strain Gauges
2. Amplifier
3. Micro-controller
4. ADC (Analog to Digital Convertor)
5. Supporting Frame
6. Pipe Material
7.CAD Model
8.ANSYS Analysis
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Strain Gauge
Strain
Gauges
Mechanical
Electrical
Piezoelectric
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• Rectangular-shaped strips of foil
• Bonded type strain gauge
• foil strip is slightly bent out of shape
• Gauge length is 6 mm
• Strain Gauge Resistance 120Ω
• Reference temperature is 4̊ C -70 C
• Smallest Bending Radius 3 mm (1⁄8")
• strip Thickness .05 mm
• Typical input voltages are 5 V or 12 V
• output readings are in millivolts
• Copper Nickel Alloy
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Literature Survey
• Our Project Literature Survey will be continue till at end
• We get the following points
• Structure health monitoring
• Previous research work
• Damages of pipes
• Error in pipes
• Definition of damages
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• Monitoring of pipeline Buckling (2014)
• Distribute fiber optic sensor
• Also perform Axial compression test on 5.27 meter long pipeline
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Damages in pipes
• Blowout holes
• Circumferential Crack
• Bell Shearing
• Longitudinal Cracking
• Spiral Cracking
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Complete design detail
• our project is based on non-destructive test mechanism
• In our project Design Component and Complete prototype are
• Supporting Frame CAD model
• Schematic diagram of Circuit
• Complete CAD model
• Schematic Diagram of each Node
• 2D Working Model
• In this project team has prepare both the CAD Design and prototype.
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Length 1.4 meter
Height 1 meter
Made of Aluminum
Weight 7 kg
Maximum load support 200N
Supporting Frame
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• Shear Elastic strain Analysis of Steel pipe
• Load 500N
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• Each Node contain 5 strain Gauges
• Data Acquisition
• Data Processing
• Wireless System
• Receiver
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Material selection
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Supporting Frame Beam
Nut / bolt
Washer
Leveling
Aluminum
Steel
Carbon steel alloy
Plastic
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Complete CAD Model
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• CAD Model
• Fabricated frame
• Circuiting
• Microcontroller
• Programming
• Pipes material
• Strain gauges installation
• Practical analysis
• Collecting Data
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Pipe Material Steel
σ =
2p r22
(r1)2+(r)22 1 −
(r1)2
x2
t =
pD
2σ
+ C
σ(x)=M(x)c/I
Strong and ductile
Corrode less easily
Pipe Diameter = 1.64 in
Pipe length = 36 in
Elastic modules = 190-210 Gpa
Shear Modules= 75-80 Gpa
Yield Strength=280-1600 Mpa
Elongation=3-40%
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Node position
• 1st Node at 2 in
• 2nd Node at 18 in
• 3rd Node at 34 in
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Response to Pervious
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Comments
• Strain Gauge Detail
• Dressing of Group
• Strain Gauges Orientation
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Conclusions
• In this project Strain gauges are used to detect the compression and
tension in long pipe during bending.
• The proposed technique is a type of nondestructive tests that allows
the examination of pipeline structural health without causing any
damage to the material.
• The gathered information provide valuable information regarding
strain.
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Future Work plane
• Practical experiment of Strain gauges
• Wireless System
• Microcontroller Programming
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References
• Ref: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-10PCS-AD8221ARZ-AD8221AR-
AD8221A-AD8221-SOP-8/2037305116.html
• http://www.aliexpress.com/item/The-high-precision-resistive-strain-gauge-full-bridge-
strain-gauge-GAGE-for-pressure-load-cell-350ohm/759192856.htl
• N. Ahmed, R. Atta, “Monitoring Bending and Buckling of Long Pipelines due to
Environmental Effects”, Life Sci J 2014;11(6):486-490]. (ISSN:1097-8135).
• A.E. Kouche, H.S. Hassanein, “Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing Using Wireless Sensor
Networks”, Procedia Science, 10 (0), 136-143
• J. M. Makar, R. Desnoyers and S. E. McDonald Institute for Research in Construction,
Failure modes and mechanisms in gray cast iron pipe
• Xin Fenga, Wenjing Wub, Xingyu Lic, Xiaowei Zhangdand Jing Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure
engineering.
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