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Figure 2.5: Back-scattered micrographs of the influence of time <strong>an</strong>d precipitation<br />

in deformed gauge portions of specimens for hot extruded type 316 stainless steel<br />

piping (Harada et al., 1999)<br />

2.3 Condition Assessment of Ageing Pipelines<br />

Often, age-related deterioration such as fatigue cracking, corrosion, mech<strong>an</strong>ical<br />

damage <strong>an</strong>d others, as discussed above, c<strong>an</strong> give rise to signific<strong>an</strong>t issues in terms of<br />

safety, health, environment <strong>an</strong>d fin<strong>an</strong>cial expenditures. Hence, it is of great import<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

to develop adv<strong>an</strong>ced technologies which c<strong>an</strong> allow for the proper m<strong>an</strong>agement <strong>an</strong>d<br />

control of such age-related deterioration. Brenn<strong>an</strong> et al. (2006) for example, have<br />

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