Creep of welded pipes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-182

  Hyde, T H ^a   Sun, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creep; Damage; Life; Pipes; Welds

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELDS;

CREEP CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS ANALYSIS;

PIPE JOINTS;

CREEP; DAMAGE; PIPE; WELDED JOINT;

EID: 0032424603     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408981529394     Document Type: Article

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