A wall-thickness thinning rate at a not-measured position is estimated using
information
having a small number of measured points. Simulation of behavior of fluid flowing
inside a pipe line is performed based on wall-thickness data of pipes and three-dimensional
layout data of the pipe line including the pipes using a computer, and simulated
wall-thickness thinned data of the pipes composing the pipe line is calculated
from change of the simulated behavior of fluid.