Probabilistic analysis of underground pipelines subject to combined stresses and corrosion

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 988-994

  Ahammed, M ^a   Melchers, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combined stress; Corrosion; Pipeline; Reliability; Underground

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNDERGROUND CORROSION; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE; NONLINEAR CORROSION MODEL; UNDERGROUND PIPELINES;

PIPELINES;

CORROSION; STRESS; UNDERGROUND PIPELINE;

EID: 0031451003     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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