Weld failures in sleeve reinforcements ofpipelines

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-73

  Otegui, J L ^a   Rivas, A ^a   Manfredi, C ^a   Martins, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Transportadora de Gas Del Norte   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Fitness for purpose; Pipeline failures; Repairs; Welded fabrications

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIPELINES; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SLEEVE REINFORCEMENTS; WELDED FABRICATION;

WELDS;

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS PIPELINE; REPAIR;

EID: 0035242028     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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