Prediction of burn-through during in-service welding of gas pipelines

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 669-677

  Sabapathy, P N ^a   Wahab, M A ^a   Painter, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CYCLING; WELDS;

HOT TAPPING WELDING; IN-SERVICE WELDING; PIPE-WALL FAILURE;

GAS PIPELINES;

FAILURE; GAS PIPELINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REPAIR; WELDING;

EID: 0034257845     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(00)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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