Girth weld ECA from the perspective of code revisions in North America

Proceedings of the International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn A, Issue , 2002, Pages 677-689

  Wang, Yong Yi ^a   Swatzel, Jim F ^a   Horsley, David ^a   Glover, Alan ^a  

^a ENGINEERING MECHANICS CORPORATION OF COLUMBUS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIRTH WELDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEEL; WELDS;

PIPELINE CODES;

EID: 0036432142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPC2002-27167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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