Catastrophic failure of a polypropylene tank Part i: Primary investigation

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 197-214

  Lewis, P R ^a   Weidmann, G W ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creep rupture; Polypropylene; Tank; Weld

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CAUSTIC SODA; CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POLYPROPYLENES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); WELDS;

CREEP RUPTURE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032666956     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1350-6307(98)00048-x     Document Type: Article

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