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How do oil pipes do this? Automatic cutoffs every mile?
by brianwawok 10y ago
How do oil pipes do this? Automatic cutoffs every mile?
- Retric 10y agoThere are a wide range of solutions: https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=5770 https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=577... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pipeline/peopleevents/e_quakes.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pipeline/peopleevents/e_quakes.... Sliders https://www.quora.com/Why-do-oil-pipelines-that-transfer-oil-long-distances-run-in-a-zigzag-manner https://www.quora.com/Why-do-oil-pipelines-that-transfer-oil... Now doing this without bending the long pipe is going to be harder, but you really could design this thing so riders don't notice a magnitude 9 earthquake. PS: In the end you get into cost benefit designing it to survive an aircraft impact is probably not worth it let alone a nuke, but predictable earthquakes are not that hard.