Impacts of cathodic protection on pipe break probabilities: A Toronto case study

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-216

  Schuster, C J ^a   McBean, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cathodic protection; Municipal infrastructure; Pipe breaks; Probabilistic model

Indexed keywords

CATHODIC PROTECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE; PIPE BREAKS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL;

PIPE;

CATHODIC PROTECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PIPE; PROBABILITY;

BREAKAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; INFRASTRUCTURE; MODELING; PIPELINE PROTECTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 42149106809     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-095     Document Type: Article

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