On the contribution of buried flaws to piping failure probabilities

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 373, Issue , 1998, Pages 69-72

  Simonen, F A ^a   Khaleel, M A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; WELDING;

FAILURE PROBABILITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031645390     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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