Cyclic Crack Growth Rates of X-60 Pipeline Steel in a Neutral Dilute Solution

Corrosion (Houston)

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 581-590

  Ahmed, T M ^c   Lambert, S B ^a   Sutherby, R ^b   Plumtree, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; Crack propagation; Fracture mechanics; Pipelines and line pipe steel; Stress corrosion cracking; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Transgranular stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000115387     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3290290     Document Type: Article

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