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Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding
- May 18, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure. The Monash research, published in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, explores how specially designed backfill materials could be used as an active corrosion protection system rather than simply providing mechanical support.
Originally published at Phys.org