Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels

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Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels
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The pipes would warp and break without those extra loops. They mitigate contraction and expansion due to temperature changes.

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This but also mitigation for hydraulic transients. Any change in flow will result in wave forming which would propagate and increase in intensity. These "kinks" are there to break it up. This phenomenon is the basis for hydraulic ram pump.