Lower and upper bound limit analyses for pipeline with multi-slots of various configurations

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Chen, H F ^a   Shu, D W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Limit analysis; Loading path; Mathematical programming; Pipeline

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOWER BOUND LIMIT ANALYSES; UPPER BOUND LIMIT ANALYSES;

PIPELINES;

DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PIPELINE; SLOT;

EID: 0034108690     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(99)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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