
Henry Liu
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LOCATION: Columbia, MO, United States
Professor of Civil Engineering; Director, Capsule Pipeline Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia. Coeditor of Freight Pipelines.
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Pipeline, line of pipe equipped with pumps and valves and other control devices for moving liquids, gases, and slurries (fine particles suspended in liquid). Pipeline sizes vary from the 2-inch- (5-centimetre-) diameter lines used in oil-well gathering systems to lines 30 feet (9 metres) across in…
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