A probabilistic approach to fracture assessment of onshore gas-transmission pipelines

Pipes and Pipelines International

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Linkens, D ^a   Shetty, N K ^a   Bilo, M ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b Hlth Safety Exec Major Hazards A   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ONSHORE GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINES;

GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 0032118324     PISSN: 0032020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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